"I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones."

-- Taiye Selasi

#Creative Quotes #Identity Quotes #West Quotes

“Where nature goes to create stars, galaxies, quarks and leptons, you and I also go to create ourselves.”
“I was born in 1923 into a middle class Jewish family in Vienna, a few years after the end of World War I, which was disastrous from the Austrian point of view.”

Source : Walter Kohn, Matthias Scheffler, Peter Weinberger (2003). “Walter Kohn: Personal Stories and Anecdotes Told by Friends and Collaborators”, p.295, Springer Science & Business Media
“An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.”
“It's nice to keep in touch - besides, it's the only place in London where you can park a car.”
“Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.”
“It is just awesome, thereâ€™s no other way to describe it. To be the first to win in a Gen-6 car â€¦ Iâ€™m just very proud of the moment.”
“It's as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O but it is always there at the end, waiting.”

Source : John Grisham (2010). “Ford County”, p.248, Random House
“Diamonds are forever.”

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