"When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't"

-- Lucian Freud

#Giving Quotes #Choices Quotes #Looks Quotes

“I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go on the ice.”
“Even in the most horrendous situations there is always something to smile about.”

Source : "The 5-minute Interview: Stella Vine: 'There Have Been a Few Times'". The Independent, November 28, 2005.
“I rang my mother to thank her for giving birth to me and she said, "What choice had I? You were in there, how else were you going to get out?”
“We must work toward the elimination of all nuclear weapons, and an end to policies which cause this country to move toward the weaponization of space.”
“Men who live like Casanova are seldom interested in themselves; their egocentricity does not give them time for egotism.”
“There's no free will," says the philosopher; "To hang is most unjust." "There is no free will," assents the officer; "We hang because we must.”
“One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought.”
“There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.”

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