"Poor Englishwomen! When it comes to their clothes- well, the French reaction is a shrug, the Italian reaction a spreading of the hands and a lifting of the eyes and the American reaction simply one of amused contempt."

-- James Laver

#Eye Quotes #Italian Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team.”
“My parents do a lot of things behind the scenes that go unnoticed.”
“A Russian cosmonaut and a Russian brain surgeon were once discussing Christianity. The brain surgeon was a Christian, but the cosmonaut wasnâ€™t. â€˜I have been in outer space many times,â€™ bragged the cosmonaut, â€˜but I have never seen any angels.â€™ The brain surgeon stared in amazement, but then he said, â€˜And I have operated on many intelligent brains, but I have never seen a single thought.”
“Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.”
“The poet wants to â€˜sayâ€™ something. Why, then, doesnâ€™t he say it directly and fortrightly? Why is he willing to say it only through his metaphors? Through his metaphors, he risks saying it partially and obscurely, and risks saying nothing at all. But the risk must be taken, for direct statement leads to abstraction and threatens to take us out of poetry altogether.”
“poetry ... is another way to be hurled straight into the heart of God.”

Source : Marjorie Holmes (1991). “Inspirational Writings of Marjorie Holmes Deluxe Jacketed Edition”, Bbs Publishing Corporation
“Give a cold shoulder to cold callers. Never invest in anything based on a phone call from someone you don't know or whose office is a post office box.”
“I am not good at aligning myself with any movement that comes along but also I don't like the thought of sitting back and doing nothing.”

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