"[Corneille] was inspired by Roman authors and Roman spirit, Racine with delicacy by the polished court of Louis XIV."

-- Horace Walpole

#Delicacy Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Inspired Quotes

“I always talk about my ambition with music, and it's to sort of seduce people into listening to sounds they wouldn't normally listen to or want to hear.”

Source : Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. July 10, 2006.
“My knee is as strong as it was before, if not stronger, and it's a matter of getting my leg strong. I lost six years of strength in about six month's time, so it's going to take another year or two to get that leg back up to full strength, but I'm good to go so far.”
“We fall in love or stay in love with people who are unsuitable or who no longer love us and, conversely, we feel no love towards people who would be very suitable. Love is involuntary, that's the problem. Our personal histories prepare us to be attracted to people who unconsciously evoke emotions from our childhood or adolescence.”

Source : François Lelord (2011). “Hector and the Secrets of Love”, p.24, Gallic Books
“And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: "Look at this Godawful mess.”
“It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.”
“Success emerges from the quality of the decisions we make and the quantity of luck we receive. We can't control luck. But we can control the way we make choices.”
“Sleep is just a good idea. I bow to the god caffeine.”

Source : Jo-Ann Mapson (2010). “Solomon's Oak”, p.230, Bloomsbury Publishing
“This issue has brought out the ugly in our society.”

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