"Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture."

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Source : Vartan Gregorian (2008). “The Road to Home: My Life and Times”, p.284, Simon and Schuster

Vartan Gregorian

#Dna Quotes #Museums Quotes #Library Quotes

“Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of reckless rhetoric in Washington about the mediocrity of the teaching profession - and I don't find that to be true at all.”
“It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.”
“There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.”
“We don't "have" a great day, we "make it" a great day!”
“Veganism gives us all the opportunity to say what we "stand for" in life- the ideal of healthy, humane living. Add decades to your life, with a clear conscience as a bonus.”
“The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies”
“I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.”
“One compromise here, another there and soon enough the so-called Christian and the man in the world look the same.”

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