"I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art."

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Edith Sitwell

#Art Quotes #Women Quotes #Inspiration Quotes

“The more you travel, the better you get at it. It sounds silly, but with experience you learn how to pack the right way. I remember one of my first trips abroad, travelling around Europe by rail, fresh out of high school. I brought all these books with me and a paint set. I really had too much stuff, so I've learnt to be more economical.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Little countries do not have this luxury of defending themselves. We have to do it before the fact, not after the fact”
“In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an independent, uncontrolled and uncoordinated government in the Federal Reserve System, operating the money powers which are reserved to Congress by the Constitution.”
“The Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care”
“The amazing activity of the cat is delicately balanced by his capacity for relaxation. Every household should contain a cat, not only for decorative and domestic values, but because the cat in quiescence is medicinal to irritable, tense, tortured men and women.”

Source : William Lyon Phelps (1939). “Autobiography: with letters”, Ams Pr Inc
“Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.”
“I'm not a good enough musician to like completely master something in a couple of days and turn it around.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Dad nods, looks me dead in the eyes; slowly and regretfully, he banishes all the smiling and joking from his face, and for once he's just my dad, watching his son who has fallen so low.”

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