"I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists."

-- Taylor Phinney

#Parent Quotes #Facts Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.”

Source : "The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Matthew Henry". Book by Matthew Henry and Philip Henry, p. 134, 1830.
“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”
“I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?”
“Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.”
“The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.”

Source : Mark Hertzberg, Frank Lloyd Wright (2004). “Wright in Racine: The Architect's Vision for One American City”, p.11, Pomegranate
“Beauty brings copies of itself into being.”

Source : Elaine Scarry (2013). “On Beauty and Being Just”, p.3, Princeton University Press
“We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for the minority, let alone for the individual, to face that majority down.”
“Someone from Manolo Blahnik went into my shop and said: 'These shoes are not vegetarian.' That's the highest compliment, because you just can't tell that they are, and they are. My mum taught me to have a soul.”

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