"We persist and linger longer than we think, leaving traces of ourselves wherever we go. If you take that away, then we all simply vanish."

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Source : Dinaw Mengestu (2010). “How to Read the Air”, p.66, Penguin

Dinaw Mengestu

#Thinking Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Persist Quotes

“I realize that having a style would be very beneficial for my practice from a marketing standpoint, but I can't do it. I believe my responsibilities as an architect are to design the most appropriate building for the place. Each place has a distinct culture and function, which for me requires an appropriate answer.”
“Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject the doctrine it no longer believes, it will continue to feel the same sentiments formerly associated with that doctrine.”
“I think it's incredibly basic: we have to now deliver all of the huge advantages of trading with the 92 per cent of people in the world who aren't in the EU, so for me that was the final deciding factor.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Everything that we know now will be changed in 10 years time.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The shows need youth. All of our comics are getting too famous to do the show regularly. The people who are regulars five years ago, a lot of them have moved on and can't do the show anymore. We can't really get Jim Gaffigan anymore, we can't get Nick Swardson anymore.”

Source : Source: www.dead-frog.com
“You ever go out to a restaurant now? You can get quality food - you can go out and get the best food that was available 20 years ago. They'll put it on a plate, you'll sit in a plastic chair because nobody values the chair, the white tablecloth, the maÃ®tre d', but they'll put on your plate some great food for what used to be available at Applebee's prices. There are some really nice things going on, some external values being delivered to people.”
“Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.”
“...[She] felt as if she were both a stranger to herself and more herself than she'd ever been.”

Source : Susan Minot (2010). “Evening”, p.17, Vintage

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