"New York is ultimately not the synthesis but merely the sum of its unfathomable subjectivities, its personal histories, its uncategorisable figures."

-- Jonathan Dee

#New York Quotes #Synthesis Quotes #Subjectivity Quotes

“Itâ€™s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.”
“Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty.”
“Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. Always question yourself and your ability. Don't ever feel that you are very good. The second you do, you are dead.”
“I look OK. I look better in person than I do on film, which is bad because it's how I make my living, but I am not a beauty and on balance I am glad.”
“If I had to choose one which best characterized the condition of being a political leader in Athens, the word would be "tension".”

Source : "Democracy Ancient And Modern". Book by Moses Finley (Second Edition). Chapter 2, Athenian Demagogues, p. 60, 1985.
“The flavor of patriotism depends upon its habitat.”
“It was a very hard life. As I got older, the family was depending very much on me. My two older brothers got married, so they had their own families depending on them. I had seven people relying on me, so I worked in a grocery store.”
“I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.”

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