"A traveller, lost on a desert plain, feels that the recognition of one star, the Pole star, is of itself a great acquisition."

-- Maria Mitchell

#Travel Quotes #Stars Quotes #Acquisition Quotes

“I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.”

Source : "I was seen as either a junkie or a drunk". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2008.
“I believe God put that itchy spot on our backs just exactly where we can't reach it in order to encourage us be nice to each other.”
“People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.”
“Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even - all must combine to realize a character.”
“Art deals with profound and simple moods.. ..Let us suppose that the artist - in this instance (the artist )Picabia - gets a certain impression by looking at our skyscrapers, our city, our way of life, and that he tries to reproduce it.. ..he will convey it in plastic ways on the canvas, even though we see neither skyscrapers nor city on it.”

Source : The Globe and commercial advertiser (newspaper), p. 8/10, February 20, 1913.
“The people want government that works for them at every level. They want good government that begins at their doorstep in the barangay, and does not end before the closed door of a bureaucrat in Metro Manila.”

Source : State of the Nation Address, July 25, 2005.
“Worry is the warning light that shows Iâ€™ve stopped looking to God to meet my needs.”
“I feel like schizoid is a precursor to schizophrenia or manic depression. I feel like I'm manic. I have parts of schizoid, parts of Asperger's. I'm a smorgasbord of neuroses.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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