"I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits."

-- J. Carter Brown

#Art Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Kindred Quotes

“I'm praying we don't go to war with Iraq. If we do, I may have to go back to work earlier.”
“She paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret.”
“In Europe and Britain they seem to be much more accepting and embracing of older bands, whereas in America if you've been out for three years, you're old, and I think that attitude stinks.”
“I belong to the petit bourgoiusie somehow, because of my parents.”
“Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected ways”

Source : Foreword to "Coming of Age in Samoa" by Margaret Mead, 1928.
“Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.”
“Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head.”
“The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.”

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