"We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this."

-- Woodrow Wilson

#Presidential Quotes #Tragedy Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the United Kingdom as a paying, fully participating partner.”
“John asked me to dance and I nearly died. Bingo! I then amazed myself by being very cool, calm and collected outwardly-inside I was out of this world. The dance was slow and smoochy. I was aloof and John, I think, was slightly embarrassed. It was all very painful and beautiful at the same time. The remaining students were looking on with puzzled expressions at such an unlikely combination.”

Source : Cynthia Lennon (1980). “A twist of Lennon”, Avon Books
“It is rather suitable for umpires to dress like dentists, since one of their tasks is to draw stumps.”
“Sarah took a deep breath and set off along the passageway again. A clump of lichen on the gatepost opened its eyes and watched her go. The eyes, on tendrils, had an anxious look, and when she had gone some distance away the clump, swiveling its eyes toward each other, commenced to gossip among itself. Most of it disapproved of the direction she had taken. You could tell that from the way the eyes looked meaningfully into each other. Lichen knows about directions.”

Source : Jim Henson, A.C.H. Smith (2014). “Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Novelization”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
“I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy.”
“It doesn't matter who you are. Everyone has something to offer the movement of justice”
“The devil told my mind that my thoughts held no power; and this seemed true until my thoughts I began to speak.”
“Making art can be maddening at times and frustrating and not always rewarding, frequently not rewarding. But you do it because you believe in it and you do it as a passion that drives you, and it sustains you during those lean times.”

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