"Euphemisms, like fashions, have their day and pass, perhaps to return at another time. Like the guests at a masquerade ball, they enjoy social approval only so long as they retain the capacity for deception."

-- Freda Adler

#Fashion Quotes #Long Quotes #Deception Quotes

“Whenever something is wrong, something is too big.”
“Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray Iâ€™ll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the skyâ€”upâ€”upâ€”upâ€”into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer.”
“The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.”
“There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.”
“I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.”
“I will continue to help the political causes I believe in in any way I can.”
“I'm going to be done when I've decided that I'm done.”
“I often think about death and it saddens me to leave this world and not be able to paint more. I love it so much,”

Source : "Fernando Botero: Colombian Artist Turns 80 And Has No Plans To Retire" by Laura Steiner, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 19, 2012.

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