"I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act."

-- Edward Snowden

#Leader Quotes #Firsts Quotes #I Realized Quotes

“The essential of painting is that 'something', that 'ethereal glue,' that 'intermediary product' which the artist exudes with all his creative being and which he has the power to place, to encrust, to impregnate into the pictorial matter of the painting.”
“Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm--into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.”
“A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather; The world is good, and the people are good, And we 're all good fellows together.”
“I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.”

Source : "For Olivier Theyskens, Black is Always the New Black". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.elle.com. May 9, 2013.
“What thou seest, speak of with caution.”
“I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.”
“Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I'm talking about welfare for all. Without it, you're going to have warfare for all.”
“For me, titles are either a natural two-second experience or stressful enough to give you an ulcer. If they don't pop out perfect on the first try, they can be really hard to repair. Or, worse, if the author thinks they pop out perfect, but the publishing house does not agree, it's difficult to shift gears. And then? Then you go insane.”

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