"The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there."

-- Robert D. Kaplan

#Country Quotes #Maps Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I'm five feet tall - I'm very petite - so for me, if I'm wearing a skirt or dress, it needs to be short, or else it makes me look frumpy. I need to wear either something really short or a maxi dress; anything in between just looks weird.”
“I hate optimism out of insensitivity.”
“Jazz is about being in the moment.”

Source : Herbie Hancock, Lisa Dickey (2014). “Herbie Hancock: Possibilities”, p.10, Penguin
“Just because your leg might heal doesn't mean it doesn't feel broken. It doesn't mean that a car hitting your body doesn't hurt like the same it would hurt if a car hit your body.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“In almost every walk of life, people buy more at lower prices; in the stock market they seem to buy more at higher prices.”
“We all feel disabled in some way. We all feel imperfect. It's hard to be looked at for various reasons.”
“Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.”
“People's arrest tapes, mug shots, everything is online.”

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