"I like to kill people in my dreams, so when I fall asleep be sure not to come too close."

-- Cao Cao

#Dream Quotes #Fall Quotes #People Quotes

“I simply did not want my face to be my talent.”

Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
“It sounds a little extreme, but in this day and age, if your work isn't online, it doesn't exist.”
“Though tax records are generally looked upon as a nuisance, the day may come when historians will realize that tax records tell the real story behind civilized life. How people were taxed, who was taxed, and what was taxed tell more about a society than anything else. Tax habits could be to civilization what sex habits are to personality. They are basic clues to the way a society behaves.”

Source : Charles Adams (1993). “For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization”, p.21, Rowman & Littlefield
“The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.”
“The arts alone give direct access to experience. To eliminate them from education - or worse, to tolerate them as cultural ornaments - is antieducational obscurantism. It is foisted on us by the pedants and snobs of Hellenistic Greece who considered artistic performance fit only for slaves...”
“The big moment came when it was decided to paint...Just To Paint. The gesture on the canvas was a gesture of liberation, from Value- political, aesthetic, moral.”
“What does being a girl have to do with it? There's no time to think when you're on the spot...”
“If I am not in love, nothing is meaningful to me. I have no energy.”

Source : "Kevin Ayers: 'I never considered another profession' – one of his final interviews" by Kate Mossman, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2013.

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