"As suburbs go, Bromley's not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly."

-- Tibor Fischer

#Want Quotes #Bowie Quotes

“I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere.”
“Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.”

Source : Ernie Pyle, David Nichols (1987). “Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches”, Touchstone
“The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level.”
“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.”
“Gratitude is the realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment.”

Source : M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.24, Conari Press
“After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.”

Source : Le Monde Interview in Paris, January 9, 1979.
“We danced our youth in a dreamed of city, Venice, paradise, proud and pretty, We lived for love and lust and beauty, Pleasure then our only duty. Floating them twixt heaven and Earth And drank on plenties blessed mirth We thought ourselves eternal then, Our glory sealed by Godâ€™s own pen. But paradise, we found is always frail, Against manâ€™s fear will always fail.”
“Anybody can get from point A to point B, but how you get there, that's the fun part. That's the story. That's when you can really let go and let your uniqueness shine!”

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