"Sometimes small things lead to great joys."

-- Shmuel Yosef Agnon

#Joy Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Small Things Quotes

“In Cuba we are building a socialist society and we could say we are on the verge of a communist society which is hard to achieve, very hard to achieve, but is a longing worth fighting for.”

Source : "The Future of Cuba". Inteview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.
“there are things you mustn't even try to explain. They either become trite or they tie you down to something that's only half true.”

Source : Martha Albrand (1966). “A door fell shut”
“Perhaps. But the firstborn of hope is tragedy.”

Source : Anne Fortier (2012). “Juliet (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.128, Ballantine Books
“I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its victims complicit in their own destruction.”
“Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.”
“Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money.”
“We need to encourage our kids to express their feelings. We need to help them find their voice.”
“Some of the best auditions I've ever had have been when my agent called and said, 'They want you 20 minutes ago, in an office in Century City, to see you for something.' I'm not sitting there thinking for a week and a half, before I'm supposed to go in front of a network president to do something. That just gives you time to be nervous.”

Source : "Billy Campbell Talks KILLING LINCOLN, Taking on the Iconic Figure, Putting on the Hat and Reenacting the Assassination, Plus Season 3 of AMC’s THE KILLING". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 14, 2013.

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