"Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit."

-- Edwin Percy Whipple

#Happiness Quotes #Fluency Quotes #Merit Quotes

“My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc.”
“I'm usually a patient guy anyway.”
“I require every Taipei student to swim; if they can't pass the test they won't graduate. Why do I do that? Because I think that is very, very important integral part of their education.”

Source : Interview with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. February 13, 2007.
“What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?”
“What do I care if you are good? Be beautiful! and be sad!”
“My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.”
“Acting's always felt like a kind of creature that lays dormant and collects observations when I'm not working. And then when I'm actually doing it, it just rises up. But everything I do is more about curiosity and investigation than it is about performance.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.”

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