"Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say, is the city that changes least. After an absence of twenty or thirty years, one still recognizes it."

-- Marguerite Duras

#Years Quotes #Cities Quotes #Paris Quotes

“The masks we wear are simply veils that we have chosen to hide behind in order to get our way, or to demonstrate how we are reacting to the powers and forces that seem to influence us from the external world. They are part of our self image, and in some cases the mask is nothing more than a protective device, a defense mechanism.”
“What we refer to confidently as memory is really a form of storytelling that goes on continually in the mind and often changes with the telling.”

Source : William Maxwell, Christopher Carduff (2008). “Later novels and stories: The château, So long, see you tomorrow, stories and improvisations, 1957-1999”
“It's a proprietary strategy. I can't go into it in great detail.”

Source : "Books shed light on Bernard Madoff's shady activities" by Kerry Hannon, abcnews.go.com. September 17, 2009.
“If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed.”
“He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow.”

Source : Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.81, Ravenio Books
“It's never been about making money.”
“I am really a sea creature. Just a mammal that lost its fins.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You know, I'm really busted up over this and I'm very, very sorry to those people in the audience, the blacks, the Hispanics, whites - everyone that was there that took the brunt of that anger and hate and rage and how it came through, and I'm concerned about more hate and more rage and more anger coming through, not just towards me but towards a black/white conflict.”

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