"In populous cities, which are the seat of commerce and manufactures, the middle ranks of inhabitants, who derive their subsistence from the dexterity or labour of their hands, are commonly the most prolific, the most useful, and, in that sense, the most respectable part of the community."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Cities Quotes #Hands Quotes #History Quotes

“I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not that person. In the first instance, when a record company said to me, do you want to try and make your record, my first reaction was, no, I'm not worthy - I couldn't possibly, and so on and so forth.”
“The place you have to start to be any good at this, at acting, is with yourself. Everything is inside of you, all of it - the murderer, the great mother, the therapist, the husband. Everything is inside of us.”
“You know Iâ€™m the first rapper to adopt a tabby cat. You know I adopted straight from the ASPCA, you feel me? Just breaking the boundaries, man”
“[A digital snapshot] is meant primarily as a means of communication, and the images being sent are almost as ephemeral as speech, so rarely are they printed and made physical.”
“You have to pay attention to details to have success in the playoffs. You can't take anyone lightly.”
“The sun shines upon good and bad alike.”

Source : Hans Christian Andersen (1993). “Andersen's Fairy Tales”, p.70, Wordsworth Editions
“I totally enjoy what I'm doing and bringing joy into people's lives. To me, and if I can bring one second of joy into a child or a grown-up's life, then I have achieved my lifetime ambition.”
“The greatest personal limitation is to be found not in the things you want to do and can't, but in the things you've never considered doing.”

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