"It's terrible to lose somebody, but it's also true that some people never have anybody to lose, and I think that's got to be so much worse."

-- Barbara Kingsolver

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Terrible Quotes

“I always tried to be correct, not politically correct.”

Source : Lee Kuan Yew (2013). “The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew”, p.159, Editions Didier Millet
“Men are paid, not merely for what they know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WHICH THEY KNOW.”
“Your ego gets activated real quick, you really want to impress yourself. But when you come back to it, sometimes you're like, "Yeah, this part? I don't know. This guy needs a lot of help."”
“The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were a boon and a path out of poverty.”

Source : Diane Ravitch (2000). “The Great School Wars: A History of the New York City Public Schools”, p.244, JHU Press
“Then she says, â€˜I love you.â€™ Like three drops of blood falling onto snow.”
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people.”
“In the studio we use a pretty wide range of materials for the sculptures; silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, ABS plastic, dental acrylic, traditional and high-tech plasters, stainless steel, automotive paint, plywood, Britannia metal, found objects and taxidermy animals.”

Source : The Condition report Interview, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2014.
“Woodstock - I didn't see anybody play, except when I was standing backstage waiting to go on, because it was so muddy. And the weather was so horrible, you literally couldn't get there except by helicopter.”

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