"Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that diplomacy equals travel."

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Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com

John Gimlette

#Thinking Quotes #Age Quotes #Impression Quotes

“What a relationship looks like on the outside isn't the same as what it's like on the inside. You can be more in love with someone in your mind than with the person you see every day.”

Source : Jean Kwok (2010). “Girl in Translation”, p.151, Penguin
“Kids use words in ways that release hidden meanings, revel the history buried in sounds. They haven't forgotten that words can be more than signs, that words have magic, the power to be things, to point to themselves and materialize. With their back-formations, archaisms, their tendency to play the music in words--rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, repetition--children peel the skin from language. Words become incantatory. Open Sesame. Abracadabra. Perhaps a child will remember the word and will bring the walls tumbling down.”
“Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.”
“Real movement in the Kerry campaign now. His poll numbers are moving, donations are moving, endorsements are moving. The only thing not moving is his hair.”
“Excellence when concealed, differs but little from buried worthlessness. [Lat., Paullum sepultae distat inertiae Celata virtus.]”
“I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.”
“It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.”
“I was lucky enough to get a very good agent at the age of 15, and got my first film when I was 16, so it's been rolling on since then.”

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