"Nostalgia is a seductive liar."

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Source : Newsweek, 1971.

George Ball

#Liars Quotes #Lying Quotes #Past Quotes

“At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.”
“Trust is a great force multiplier.”
“There are big surfing communities in every country with an ocean coast that I know in Central and South America. Same with Mexico, Bali, and nearly every island nation that gets waves in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. But that's a relatively recent development in most places.”
“Live life as if it were created just for you.”
“Any idiot can stand in front of a target," I say. "It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying us. Which, as I recall is a sign of cowardice" "Then it should be easy for you," Eric sys. "If you're willing ot take his place.”
“Don't have too much story for the time you have.”
“Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that human beings need.”

Source : "Love and All That Comes With It". Interview with Philip Galanes, www.nytimes.com. May 23, 2014.
“What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones.”

Source : Jean Dubuffet, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1993). “Jean Dubuffet 1943-1963: paintings, sculptures, assemblages : an exhibition”, Smithsonian Inst Pr

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