"[To the audience at her farewell concert:] You have always given me more than I gave to you ... You were the wings on which I soared."

-- Lotte Lehmann

#Farewell Quotes #Wings Quotes #Given Quotes

“A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this way a novel is called democratic - not that it advocates democracy but that by nature it is so. Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels - the biggest sin is to be blind to others' problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence.”

Source : Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.132, Random House
“I dont really believe in regrets.”
“I have very little interest in the bottom line or signing artists to help make the label profit. That's a lucky, unique position to be in, but it all comes out in the wash.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country.”
“To bring about a genuine political realignment, Republicans must kill the Government Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs - the very Goose they have fought so hard and long to possess.”
“Movements are not radical. Movements are the American way. A small group of abolitionists writing and speaking eventually led to the end of slavery. A few stirred-up women brought about women's voting. The Populist movement, the Progressive movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women's movement - the examples go on and on of 'little people' getting together and telling the truth about their lives. They made our government act.”
“I can't afford to die. It would wreck my image.”
“Knowing Myrnin, there could be anything inside, from a body he'd forgotten about to his dirty laundry.”

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