"What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul."

-- Joseph Addison

#Inspiring Quotes #Education Quotes #Art Quotes

“The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power.”

Source : Sara Paretsky (2004). “Blacklist”, p.383, Penguin
“Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.”
“My wife has them all in a vault... a copy of every album.”
“If [President Obama] does not go on the offensive against ISIS...they are coming here. This is just not about Baghdad, this is just not about Syria, this is about our homeland. And if we get attacked because he has no strategy to protect us, then he will have committed a blunder for the ages.”
“The RÃ©gime did not want Communists; it wanted robots. It will take at least a generation to change them back into humans again.”
“Find the leverage in the world so you can be truly lazy.”
“I usually leave Reykavik for two to three weeks to go to the South Coast of Iceland where I have a small fisherman's hut from the beginning of the last century. That's where I sit down and do the actual writing. I might write for 16 hours a day or something. That's how it happens.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“I have lots of Scottish blood and know that my family name is Scottish. At my home in the States I have a tartan crest but, unfortunately, I do a terrible Scottish accent.”

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