"It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it."

--

Maya Lin

“An outsider can see some things much better.”

Source : "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2009.
“Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.”
“If you sit kids down, hour after hour, doing low-grade clerical work, don't be surprised if they start to fidget. Children are not, for the most part, suffering from a psychological condition, they're suffering from childhood.”
“People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.”
“Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.”
“Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.”

Source : John Henry Newman (1868). “Works”, p.326
“At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham's 'Introduction To Modern English And American Literature.' To this day I keep it on the shelf between my collection of Forester's works and the little urn that contains my mother's ashes.”
“I canâ€™t stand to hear his [Obamaâ€™s] voice anymore. Heâ€™s a liar, and worse.”

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