"A l'intÃ©rieur de ce corps vivait l'Ã¢me d'une intellectuelle et poÃ¨te dont personne n'avait le soupÃ§on. Within this body lived the soul of an intellectual and poet, which nobody had suspected."

-- Antonio Tabucchi

#Soul Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Body Quotes

“Of course, my views developed in the course of time. But I have always believed in what I did and never acted against my conscience.”
“To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything we could possibly want. My wife and I then decided that we could use our wealth to make a difference. So we created the Broad Foundations to do four things: to improve urban public education, to support innovative scientific and medical research, to foster art appreciation for audiences worldwide and to support civic initiatives in Los Angeles.”
“I'm not sure I've learned anything new about life; but I've had to think harder about death and what comes after for other people.”
“Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and think, 'Oh yeah, that's what I'd do...' Yeah, that's what I look for.”
“DNA is like Midas's gold, everyone who touches it goes mad.”
“Remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.”
“I am the captain of my soul.”
“Angels and ministers of grace defend us.”

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