"Cities have always offered anonymity, variety, and conjunction, qualities best basked in by walking: one does not have to go into the bakery or the fortune-teller's, only to know that one might. A city always contains more than any inhabitant can know, and a great city always makes the unknown and the possible spurs to the imagination."

-- Rebecca Solnit

#Cities Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Quality Quotes

“I actually like taking a mic and plugging it into an amp and giving it to a kid to see what they do, 'cause they flip out. They're way more in touch with their voices than we give them credit for.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The Romans had, like other Pagan nations, a nature festival, called by them Saturnalia, and the Northern peoples had Yule; both celebrated the turn of the year from the death of winter to the life of spring - the winter solstice. As this was an auspicious change the festival was a very joyous one... The giving of presents and the burning of candles characterized it. Among the Northern people the lighting of a huge log in the houses of the great and with appropriate ceremonies was a feature.”
“I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.”
“If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal.”
“It is far more important to know myself and take care of myself than it is to look good to others.”

Source : Beverly Engel (2011). “AARP The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused--and Start Standing Up for Yourself”, p.52, John Wiley & Sons
“Play every shot so that the next one will be the easiest that you can give yourself.”
“These days, you have to have a gimmick to do the weather. You have to have an act.”

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