"Volumptuous women look good. Ignorant messages from mass media tell women what size to be, but female qualities-a softness, a soothing capacity that a woman has no matter what size she happens to be-sustain the more humane aspects of civilization."

-- Stanley Crouch

#Beauty Quotes #Media Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a new territory. It took everybody out of their own little world. The cowboy lasted a hundred years, created more songs and prose and poetry than any other folk figure. The closest thing was the Japanese samurai. Now, I wonder who'll continue it.”
“When you’re obsessing about one thing, you can reach insights about how to solve hard problems. If you have too many things to think about, you’ll get to the superficial solution, not the brilliant one.”
“Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.”
“Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being.”
“Things can harden meaningfully in the moment of indecision”

Source : John Ashbery (1986). “Selected Poems”, Penguin Group USA
“Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.”
“Love can be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.”
“I'm entitled to collect my fair share of community property without being called names.”

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