"If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?"

-- Maya Angelou

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Life Changing Quotes

“The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.”
“The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis.”
“It is said that heaven does not create one man above or below another man. Any existing distinction between the wise and the stupid, between the rich and the poor, comes down to a matter of education.”

Source : "An encouragement of learning". Book by Fukuzawa Yukichi and Obata Tokujirō, 1872-1876.
“People have had certain assumptions in the past about Conservative governments, partly because of some of the things that happened in the 1980s, and partly because of the tone of some of the debate in the 1980s that appeared to say public spending on the arts was something you might want to progressively reduce.”

Source : "Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt: 'It is going to be tough'". Interview with Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010.
“Separation isnt time or distance its the bridge between us finer than silk thread sharper than swords”
“There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!”

Source : Interview with Lisa Manafian, www.hispanic-today.com. September 08, 2011.
“My issues with it are that simply in terms of my own work. It represents 30 years of output. And some of the things, some of the pieces I've used there, when I first wrote them, they seemed probably very menacing, and I hear them now, and they're just kind of pleasant, if that's the word.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I'd like to be in the country so that I'd could like being in the city.”

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