"I reckon that women looked their best at the turn of the century."

-- Laura Ashley

#Century Quotes #Turns Quotes

“I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communicate emotion fails”
“That's what you get for ignoring the beauty of Tupperware.”

Source : Nick Harkaway (2008). “The Gone-Away World”, p.103, Random House
“happiness, unlike grief, does not clamor for a chronicler.”
“I didn't come in and say: "I'm a singer." I came into the band as a second guitar player and a vocalist, but not the songwriter. I had been writing poetry for years, so I sort of had the nature of the words. I felt like no one else could sing my lyrics, so I took a crack at it.”

Source : "Cap the Old Times: The Story of Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. November 29, 2012.
“The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention rather than our opinion? And do we have enough resolve in our hearts to act courageously, relentlessly, without giving up, trusting our fellow citizens to join us in our determined pursuit-a living democracy?”

Source : Terry Tempest Williams (2010). “The Open Space of Democracy”, p.83, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“Better to seek change by inspiration, than out of desperation.”
“The problem is that the things demanded by an empire, which is staying power, ruthlessness, the ability and the willingness to use its power around the world, it's something that democracies tend to be quite skeptical about.”
“Mexico's No. 1 drug lord has escaped from prison and may be headed to the U.S. So Donald Trump was wrong. They ARE sending us their best.”

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