"One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly, a man should not refuse a little wine when it is pressed upon him."

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Source : Yoshida Kenko (2009). “Essays in Idleness”, p.4, Cosimo, Inc.

Yoshida Kenko

#Running Quotes #Wine Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The finger of suspicion never forgets the way it has once pointed ...”

Source : Anna Katharine Green (2016). “The Leavenworth Case”, p.104, Anna Katharine Green
“If I were rich I would have many books, and I would pamper myself with bindings bright to the eye and soft to the touch, paper generously opaque, and type such as men designed when printing was very young. I would dress my gods in leather and gold, and burn candles of worship before them at night, and string their names like beads on a string.”
“The original concept of rock and roll... was supposed to be this young angst with mistakes and all. Four or five guys get together, get angry and that's really how it starts, and i'ts all this energy.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Somehow, in many of those near-miss instances, Iâ€™ve managed to fight through and continue. But in all these situations, even when theyâ€™re apparently going well, I feel I am living on the razorâ€™s edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliationâ€”between justifying my existence and revealing my unworthiness to be alive,”
“Gisele Bundchen I always admired. I think she is an example for all models. If I could have just a little bit of her career would already be a happy girl. She seems to be a determined woman, a fighter, very strong. I think she is an icon of Brazilian people. Gisele is a woman who is extremely inspiring, not only in the fashion world, she also does great things for the world.”
“If you really want to give me advice, do it on a Saturday afternoon between one and four o'clock, when you've got 25 seconds to do it, between plays. Don't give me advice on Monday. I know the right thing to do on Monday.”
“audacity is of all qualities the most youthful.”
“The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.”

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