"The universities are a sort of lunatic asylum for keeping young men out of mischief."

-- Mandell Creighton

#Education Quotes #Men Quotes #Mischief Quotes

“The conservative candidate who ignores moderates is as misguided as the moderate candidate who ignores conservatives.”
“But there was escape, too, even in those days, for there was Whistler living in the grey mists with a faded orange moon. The nocturne transformed itself into dreamy rooms with Chopin's music creating a mood that softened the hard core of self.”

Source : "Reminiscence and Reverie" by Mark Tobey, Magazine of Art, 44, pp. 228, 231, October 1951.
“It would be important for someone to understand how much our music means to us. Our music comes first right now and hopefully for ever.”
“Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.”
“It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.”
“There was a period that black film had no chance of making it in Hollywood. So, people just made the made the statements that they wanted to make. Whether it was a science fiction film or whatever, b/c they were just making movie for themselves. Then there was a period where people were creating projects as their Hollywood audition 'pieces'. I feel that today we are moving back to the era where we all have our own voices.”
“Gratitude is what we are without a story.”
“Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom.”

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