"The target of power is more interesting than its quantity."

--

Alan Lightman

#Interesting Quotes #Target Quotes #Quantity Quotes

“I'm a man of a certain age - old enough to have been every kind of fool- and I find to my surprise that the only counsel I have to pass on is this: Never let your name be found in a dead man's trousers.”

Source : Louis Bayard (2009). “The Black Tower: A Novel”, p.5, Harper Collins
“Sculpture will last a lot longer than painting.”
“Someone said something really interesting the other day they said, "Even documentaries aren't what happened," you know there's a huge jump between life and then putting something in a two hour movie, even if it's a documentary.”
“People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.”
“The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope.”

Source : Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.186, Cambridge University Press
“Itâ€™s strange,â€ Moominmamma thought. â€œStrange that people can be sad, and even angry because life is too easy. But thatâ€™s the way it is, I suppose. The only thing to do is to start life afresh.”
“My God! What is there in this place that a man should ever want to get into it?”
“I feel like there are moments where musicians may be more interested - or culture in general - to show roots and where one comes from. And later there comes a time where that has lesser importance for artists, and instead they become more interested in affiliating themselves with global or international trends. Fortunately, we were in the right place at the right time, and that allowed us to experiment, play and enjoy.”

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