"Detroit is really the most perfectly laid out city one could imagine, and such an enchanting park and lake, - infinitely better than any town I know in Europe. It ought to be a paradise in about fifty years when it has all matured."

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Source : Elinor Glyn (2013). “The Essential Elinor Glyn Collection”, p.313, eBookIt.com

Elinor Glyn

#Lakes Quotes #Years Quotes #Europe Quotes

“Composers need words, but they do not necessarily need poetry. The Russian composer, Aleksandr Mossolov, who chose texts from newspaper small ads, had a good point to make. With revolutionary music, any text can be set to work.”
“The only way to get change is not through the courts or â€” heaven forbid â€” the politicians, but through a change of human consciousness and through a change of heart. Only through the arts â€” music, poetry, dance, painting, writing â€” "can we really reach each other,”
“The Australian backyard was once built for tradesmen and outdoor toilets. As suburbs spread, it became a playground and source of pride...”
“I've grown up watching Shah Rukh Khan and never really imagined that one day I will get to play the lead opposite him.”
“I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer.”
“Humans, the only self-regarding animals, blessed or cursed with this torturing higher faculty, have always wanted to know why.”
“Intense love does not measure, it just gives.”
“As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.”

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