"There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones."

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Source : Hugh MacDiarmid, Alan Riach, Michael Grieve (1993). “Selected Poetry”, p.148, New Directions Publishing

Hugh MacDiarmid

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“Im not a machista that tells his girl what she has to put on. I let her be herself.”
“I'm probably one of the most co-dependent people around. That's why I made a movie about it, and I live it every day.”

Source : "‘Addicted to Fresno’ Director Jamie Babbit on Hiding Pregnancies and Embracing Diversity". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. October 1, 2015.
“Pay-TV companies that built their businesses on the backs of local and network broadcast signals should pay a fair price for access to that high-value programming.”
“I always wanted to be a boy scout but was too poor. Couldn't do it.”
“For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.”

Source : Edwin Way Teale (1987). “Circle of the seasons: the journal of a naturalist's year”, Olympic Marketing Corp
“I think we are living in a world that is too perfect and things are too retouched. I want to scream at the top of my lungs 'our imperfections are what make us special'”
“Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.”
“This purity is attained through conquering the passions.”

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