"Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The invasion of August 1968 had already happened, but the hardline regime took several months to crack down on dissidents."

-- Vaclav Klaus

#New York Quotes #Spring Quotes #August Quotes

“If you visit the killing floor of a slaughterhouse, it will brand your soul for life.”
“A painting can't be everything. You have to stop, at some point. It has to be finished, if you want anyone to see it. Some people just continue to work on things, forever. I don't know which is better.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We change, but always at a cost: to win this you lose that.”

Source : Geoffrey Wolff (2013). “A Day at the Beach: Recollections”, p.7, Vintage
“Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance. In fact, what can there be in common between the vile multitude and sublime wisdom? The Truth must be kept secret, and the masses need a teaching proportioned to their imperfect reason.”
“She who dwells with me whom I have loved with such communion, that no place on earth can ever be solitude to me.”
“Getting up and criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. Especially as you know in your heart that you would be doing more or less the same thing if you were in his place.”
“I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I've grown to love English soccer.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com

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