"A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand."

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Source : Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Holland Holland (1855). “A memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith”, p.232

Sydney Smith

#Men Quotes #Hands Quotes #Tea Quotes

“At one point Trudeau mentioned to me that the National Gallery wanted to buy a masterpiece by the great Italian painter Lotto, and it needed a million dollars from the Treasury Board. "Is that Lotto-Quebec or Lotto-Canada?" I joked, but I got the message, and the National Gallery got the painting.”
“Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in your hands. I take it very seriously.”

Source : "Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker – Love Never Looked This Good". Interview with DeWayne Rogers, rollingout.com. August 29, 2012.
“I went to the four levers. None of them were marked. There was only one way to figure out which one was the right one. I had to call upon all my Traveler experience and special powers to figure it out. It's called...Eenie, meenie, miney...mo!" -Bobby Pendragon”

Source : D.J. MacHale (2007). “The Lost City of Faar”, p.312, Simon and Schuster
“It sucks when you read the script and you're like, "No, I liked that guy!" It's hard to read through the scripts sometimes, and just hope that people you like aren't gone. It scares you.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“There are poets and there are grownups.”
“Art is more than a series of images that are disembodied. Art is objects that live in real places, economies, spaces, architecture.”
“Music is the weapon. Music is the weapon of the future.”
“It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game”

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