"Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics."

-- Edward Hopper

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“A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?”

Source : Harvey Fierstein (1987). “Harvey Fierstein's Safe Sex”, Atheneum Books
“I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV.”
“People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.”
“There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it's all just noise that lets me know that I'm relevant.”
“how could advice be successful? If it turns out right, the adviser is ignored and the advisee takes all the credit. If it proves mistaken, the adviser receives all the blame.”
“I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.”
“The difference between a stable society and an unstable one is that the restraints in an unstable one are external. In a stable society government ultimately becomes unnecessary; the restraints on people's actions are internal, they're self-disciplined...”

Source : Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: "The State of Individuals", 1976.
“The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.”

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