"When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him."

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Source : Calvin Trillin (2011). “Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff”, p.21, Random House

Calvin Trillin

#Knowing Quotes #People Quotes #Age Quotes

“A thin line separates destiny from coincidence.”

Source : T.J. Stiles (2009). “The First Tycoon”, p.19, Vintage
“I am Left Wing. I am a Humanist.”
“I bring my past I bring my future I bring my rights and I bring my song I stand atop the Hacienda and shout We belong Here. We belong.”

Source : Lemn Sissay (2016). “Gold from the Stone: New and Selected Poems”, p.225, Canongate Books
“All I want anyone to get out of my paintings, and all I ever get out of them, is the fact that you can see the whole idea without any confusionâ€¦What you see is what you see.”

Source : Frank Stella, Robert Carleton Hobbs, Singapore Tyler Print Institute (2002). “Frank Stella in 2002”
“I know many of my female friends do not like being referred to as "ladies."”
“What a name! Was it love or praise? Speech half-asleep or song half-awake? I must learn Spanish, one of these days, Only for that slow sweet name's sake.”
“To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.”
“I think I went through everything anyone who had a long career needed. I needed quiet. I needed to raise my children.”

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