"You frequently ask, where are the friends of your childhood, and urge that they shall be brought back to you. As far as I am able to learn, those of your friends who are not in jail are still right there in your native village. You point out that they were wont to share your gambols, If so, you are certainly entitled to have theirs now."

-- Stephen Leacock

#Jail Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Village Quotes

“Those who have succeeded have also had the ability to overcome adversity, disappointment, and even tragedy in their lives.”
“The best marketing is education.”
“When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care about their feelings.”

Source : David Elkind (1981). “The hurried child: growing up too fast too soon”, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
“Do whatever you do intensely. The artist is the man who leaves the crowd and goes pioneering. With him there is an idea which is his life.”
“Everyone's so interior now, they're not really looking around them. They're on their phones”

Source : "Kim Gordon on Giving Up Rock, Being a "Strong Woman," and Appearing on Girls". Interview with Seth Colter Walls, www.slate.com. September 03, 2013.
“Too late. It's hatched.”
“All cultures are capable of democracy and liberalism. Everybody wants to be free.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“[On art:] I believe that it not only enriches the spiritual life, but that it makes one more sane and sympathetic, more observant and understanding, regardless of whatever age it springs from, whatever subjects it represents.”

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