"affectation is fond of making a greater show than reality. ... Nature and truth have never learned to blow the trumpet, and never will."

-- Lydia M. Child

#Blow Quotes #Reality Quotes #Trumpets Quotes

“Painted faces, sun burnt skin, fixed expressions, smiles worn thin.”

Source : Song: Hollywood
“For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It's opened up everything so wide that it's possible for everyone to have different ideas.”
“Sport is about achievements. Art is to be touch and touch others in a personal level.”
“But you see now baby, whether you have a ph.d., d.d. or no d, we're in this bag together. And whether you are from Morehouse or Nohouse, we,re still in this bag together.”
“Some people have called me arrogant or believe that is my reputation, which is far from what I really am like.”
“The recent developments in cosmology strongly suggest that the universe may be the ultimate free lunch.”

Source : "The New Physics". Book edited by Paul Davies, 1992.
“I hate table reads. I hate anything where you have to say the words out loud.”
“The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own.”

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