"Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence."

-- Alberto Manguel

#Library Quotes #Shade Quotes #Absence Quotes

“I think that the invisibility of hunger in America - to the eye - is what's keeping it invisible politically and to America at large.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries.”
“It only takes around 60 seconds to cast your vote in the polling station. 60 seconds to protect the economy, 60 seconds to protect your jobs, 60 seconds to protect the services your family relies on. A lot is at stake during those 60 seconds.”

Source : "Ross Kemp urges voters to spend 60 seconds voting Labour to save the economy" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2010.
“Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.”
“Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since.”
“My parents were supportive. But they were scared. We were undocumented. We came to the U.S. on a tourist visa and overstayed. They applied for a green card right away but it took us 12 years to get it, so for me, from the ages of 7 to 19.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“I believe that the only possible reason for our being here is to serve in some form or another but that the form is not always readily found or recognized. And I've noticed that those who refuse to serve often wind up as slaves.”
“What matters to me is that one identifies one's genuine obsessions, one's genuine commitments, one's genuine appetites, one pursues them seriously and far.”

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