"During the first quarter of the last century, seaside resorts became the fashion, even in those countries of Northern Europe within the minds of whose people the sea had hitherto held the role of the devil, the cold and voracious hereditary foe of humanity."

-- Isak Dinesen

#Country Quotes #Fashion Quotes #Book Quotes

“So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English”
“The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well known.”
“This bread and wine are the simple but eloquent monument to the infinite love of the Son of God, around which we gather with tender, tearful gratitude, because He loved us'so, and because we know that our garlands of affection and consecration are pleasing to Him.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p.371, 1895.
“They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.”
“I want my photos to be fresh and urgent. A good photograph should be a call to arms.”
“The stars fell one by one into his eyes and burnt.”

Source : Frank O'Hara (1995). “The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara”, p.167, Univ of California Press
“You have to be able to cut off from the ballet and relax, or you have anxiety dreams at night, worrying about what you're going to dance the next day, going over every little detail.”
“The average person canâ€™t really trust anybody. They canâ€™t trust a broker, because the broker is interested in churning commissions. They canâ€™t trust a mutual fund, because the mutual fund is interested in gathering a lot of assets and keeping them. And now itâ€™s even worse because even the most sophisticated people have no idea whatâ€™s going on.”

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