"When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment!"

-- Viggo Mortensen

#New York Quotes #Cities Quotes #Speech Quotes

“Rather than being afraid to ask for help, remember this: When you ask someone to help you, you are actually doing them a tremendous favor by giving them an opportunity to feel needed.”

Source : Richard Carlson (2002). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff”
“I'm going to continue working as a model. I want to do it all! And I think it's possible to keep working while you go to school. Christy Turlington did it. Natalie Portman did it. Emma Watson just did it! And those are just women in the public eye, but plenty of others do it, too. You know, women around the world are great at multitasking. We do it well.”
“Revolutions are spiritual acts. They appear first in people, then in politics and the economy. New people form new structures. The transformation we want is first of all spiritual; that will necessarily change the way things are.”
“Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.”
“It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.”

Source : Roddy Doyle (1995). “Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha”, p.243, Penguin
“A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.”
“You can't have a Superman that is battling cultural morality. You need a Superman that has built in sort of values.”
“There is hurt that cannot be fixed by band aids or poetrybecause no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. Believe me, Iâ€™ve tried.”

Source : Sarah Kay, “If I should have a daughter”

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