"I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy."

-- Corazon Aquino

#Icons Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who was at least an acquaintance to Les Baxter before he passed away.”
“The reality is that I need to be challenged and interested, as long as the risk and reward is in line.”
“I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling.”
“With each shimmy, the bugle beads on their scandalously revealing costumes swung and shook. It was the sort of display Evie knew her mother would have found appallingâ€”an example of the moral decay of the young generation. It was sexual and dangerous and thrilling, and Evie wanted more of it.”
“The best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years ago.”
“As soon as you say 'I do,' you'll discover that marriage is like a car. Both of you might be sitting in the front seat, but only one of you is driving. And most marriages are more like a motorcycle than a car. Somebody has to sit in the back, and you have to yell just to be heard.”
“In London it had seemed impossible to travel without the proper evening clothes. One could see an invitation arriving for an Embassy ball or something. But on the other side of Europe with the first faint tinges of faraway places becoming apparent and exciting, to say nothing of vanishing roads and extra weight, Embassy balls held less significance.”
“Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.”

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