"Cities have personalities, just as people do, and that finding the right place to live is akin to finding the right partner to live with."

-- Susan Maushart

#Cities Quotes #People Quotes #Personality Quotes

“A situation where people can grow old without having a job that rewards them individually while adding to the collective well-being is morally unacceptable.”

Source : Franco Modigliani (2001). “Adventures of an Economist”, W. W. Norton
“I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Then she waited, with parted lips and a saucy challenge in her eyes, to see how her presence -- the drama of being her -- was registering. In the way of such chicks, she seemed convinced of the originality of her provocation.”
“I ... practiced all the arts of apology, evasion, and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced.”
“Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.”

Source : Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.312, Penguin
“You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.”

Source : Jeannette Walls (2006). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.144, Simon and Schuster
“The best place to have some food set aside is within our homes, together with a little money in savings. The best welfare program is our own welfare program. Five or six cans of wheat in the home are better than a bushel in the welfare granary. ... We can begin with a one week's food supply and gradually build it to a month, and then to three months. I am speaking now of food to cover basic needs.”
“Most analysts would agree that if all the undocumented immigrants in California were deported in one day, our state would experience a severe economic downturn. This does not even consider the many cultural and spiritual gifts these immigrants bring to our state and nation.”

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