"The number of great museums and nonprofits versus the number of corporate headquarters is incredibly out of whack."

-- Richard Stengel

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“I don't usually set personal goals.”
“You don't appreciate home until you leave it and, let me tell you, you can't appreciate life till you've almost left it! Some people hope and die with their song still in them. I used to think that happiness resulted when my earnings matched my yearnings! But not anymore!”

Source : "Patsy Cline". Book by Ellis Nassour, 1981.
“In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said”
“As a conservative, I maintain a healthy skepticism of the theory of man-made global warming. I also believe that more people enjoying the fruits of modernity and economic development is a good thing - as long as those people arrived legally and obey the law.”
“Remember that nothing is so damaging to self-esteem as waiting for a telephone or door-bell that doesn't ring.”

Source : Marjorie Hillis (2012). “Live Alone And Like It”, p.11, Hachette UK
“My wife has told me since that I was hungover every mornng until about two in the afternoon, and from five until midnight I was drunk out of my mind. So she says there was this period of about three hours when she could talk to me like a rational human being...”
“Life is short, and the Tour de France long.”
“Bookshops are infested with ideas. Books are quivering, murmuring creatures.”

Source : Rodrigo Rey Rosa (2014). “Margellos World Republic of Letters: Severina”, p.17, Yale University Press

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