"I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones."

-- Manuel Puig

#Believe Quotes #Special Quotes #Taste Quotes

“I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories.”
“I will raise up prophets to make conflicting pronouncements that inevitably will be garbled in transcription, resulting in mutually exclusive definitions of orthodoxy from which the open-minded will flee in dismay.”

Source : "The Visitor". Book by Sheri S. Tepper, 2002.
“I am excited about it. No-one really knows him [Kumar Sangakkara] as a person and everyone is looking forward to that. Getting to know players like Amla, Ponting and Smith has been special and this is great, because he [Sangakkara] is here for two years, it's no flash in the pan.”
“People, you have six senses! The last one is common! Use it!”
“The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.”

Source : Opening address, Pacific Vision festival, Auckland, New Zealand, July 26, 1999.
“Today the people from my State of Tennessee would listen to this debate, or even talk about a reference to God on our money or in the Halls of Congress or in our Pledge and say, please, let common sense and logic win the day and prevail versus legal mumbo jumbo.”
“I consider myself a Republican.”
“Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself.”

Source : Mireille Guiliano (2009). “Women, Work, and the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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