"By the by, who ever knew a man who never read or wrote neither who hadn't got some small back parlour which he would call a study!"

-- Charles Dickens

#Men Quotes #Study Quotes #Pretense Quotes

“If you have someone on the set for the hair, why would you not have someone for the words?”
“Adversity in life does not rob your heart of beauty. It simply teaches it a new song to sing.”
“But do you know, I shall not be sorry to die. I shall be glad, Monsieur. And why glad, you ask? Because I love France and hate the Germans who have put this war on us.”

Source : Philip Gibbs (1950). “The Soul of the War”, p.34, Library of Alexandria
“The art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated; ... it demands much previous study; and ... the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is always a great moment to the security of a nation. This, therefore, ought to be a serious care of every government; and for this purpose, an academy, where a regular course of instruction is given, is an obvious expedient, which different nations have successfully employed.”
“The exposé, the compassion and outrage, of documentary fueled by the dedication to reform has shaded over into combinations of exoticism, tourism, voyeurism, psychologism and metaphysics, trophy hunting - and careerism.”

Source : Martha Rosler (2004). “Decoys and Disruptions: Selected Writings, 1975-2001”, p.178, MIT Press
“I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.”
“I love and respect women. I work mostly with women.”
“I have made a lot of mistakes falling in love, and regretted most of them, but never the potatoes that went with them.”

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