"Perhaps everything lies in knowing what words to speak, what actions to perform, and in what order and rhythm; or else someone's gaze, answer, gesture is enough; it is enough for someone to do something for the sheer pleasure of doing it, and for his pleasure to become the pleasure of others: at that moment, all spaces change, all heights, distances; the city is transfigured, becomes crystalline, transparent as a dragonfly."

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Italo Calvino

#Distance Quotes #Lying Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Buy the ticket, take the ride.”
“Man was mark'd A friend in his creation to himself, And may, with fit ambition, conceive The greatest blessings, and the highest honors Appointed for him, if he can achieve them The right and noble way.”

Source : Philip Massinger, John Ford (1859). “The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford”, p.356
“The fact is all golfers are equipment junkies and professional golfers are the worst of the lot. They'll do anything to find the perfect putter even though they'll insist no such instrument exists.”
“I’d say that music is my wife, acting's my mistress – I like 'em both, so I hope I don’t have to choose.”
“I just believe that life is more than rehearsing how to die.”

Source : "Song: Draper (Carwreck Conversations)". 2004.
“If the college you visit has a bookstore filled with t-shirts rather than books, find another college.”
“Reality is a clichÃ© from which we escape by metaphor.”
“I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.”

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