"My grandfather always told me, You know youre American first, but youre a Greek-American, which makes you a better American. It sounds sort of old-world and very sweet, but what he meant was that you should embrace those things that are most special and different about you."

-- Melina Kanakaredes

#Sweet Quotes #Greek Quotes #Grandfather Quotes

“I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.”
“The older I get, the more I embrace my own idiosyncrasies.”

Source : "'I'm mistaken for a man every day'". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2008.
“He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.”
“Alexander the Great, who said on his wedding night, It's only a nickname. Never got a dinner!”
“Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree.”
“I mean that the time where we need International agreement more than ever on the environment and the rest, poverty we are breaking up our International Institutions and the rule of law and Tony Blair is part of it.”
“Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations.”
“Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.”

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