"when I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !"

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Source : Ethel Smyth (1946). “Impressions that remained”

Ethel Smyth

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“We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.”

Source : Edward Sapir (1949). “Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays”, p.69, Univ of California Press
“I learned early on that one of the secrets to campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I did that in college. I did it when I carried my papers. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them, I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them. Before long, I probably knew more students than anybody in the university, and they recognized me and considered me their friend.”
“It [TV] is the cancer of film. It's why people can't be educated to film. In the late '60s, we expected to see a movie or two every week and be stimulated, excited and inspired. And we did. Every week after week. Antonioni, Goddard, Truffaut - this endless list of people. And then comes television and home video. I know how to work exactly for the big screen, but it doesn't matter what I think about the art of movie-making versus TV.”

Source : Source: www.hockeycanada.ca
“Whether or not cutting my hair was the right decision, it empowered me.”

Source : "Viral Video Singer Betty Who Doesn't Want to Get Proposed to in Home Depot". Interview with Carly Cardellino, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 8, 2013.
“Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.”
“Music is my religion. Music is the only thing that has never failed me. People let you down, music won't.”
“Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be undone.”

Source : Lisa Alther (2010). “Kinflicks”, p.431, Open Road Media
“They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.”

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