"For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers."

-- Abraham Verghese

#Opportunity Quotes #Airports Quotes #Doe Quotes

“To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that cant get through the mesh to bite you.”
“The expertise displayed by each musician is jaw-dropping and it's matched by their sensitivity and taste... Lizzy Hoyt displays equal mastery of the fiddle, harp and guitar, complemented by an otherworldly voice. To top it off, she comes across as a truly natural and relaxed, people loving performer.”
“Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads them away from the leaders under feeble and dirty pretexts?”

Source : "Wanted Iraqi cleric 'willing to die'", www.theguardian.com. April 6, 2004.
“While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind.”

Source : "It's an intimate love story between two men. Try selling that to Warner Bros". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2000.
“No man, with a man's heart in him gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. Happy is he who is brave enough to push on to another stage of the journey.”
“There are many people that struggle and struggle and have all the talent in the world, but for some reason they are not successful. You never know why those things happen.”
“As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs.”
“Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances.”

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