"Our actions are like blank rhymes, to which everyone applies what sense he pleases."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Our Actions Quotes #Blank Quotes #Rhyme Quotes

“I wanted to go to university and experience something that I felt like I'd missed. I wanted to be around bright, intelligent young people who were learning about themselves.”
“The choice or decision to take on a film certainly isn't calculated as far as doing something that will be successful against something that will have a smaller audience. It's all a gamble to me, I don't bet on the horses; I just go with the story that speaks to me and that I feel strongly about which is this one [The Assassination of Jesse James].”
“My friend and I sang an a cappella rendition of Extreme's 'More Than Words' at one of our football pep rallies in a desperate attempt to look cool. For a while, I wore pink Converse All Stars because I thought it made me seem daring and irreverent.”
“Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.”
“In foreign countries they fear baldness. They are so rich in foreign countries, they can afford to fear all kinds of silly things.”

Source : Rohinton Mistry (2010). “A Fine Balance”, p.246, Vintage
“Among us, I am happy to say, old age is honorable, and regarded as a blessing from the Lord. It is our duty to desire to live long upon the earth, that we may do as much good as we possibly can. I esteem it a great privilege to have the opportunity of living in mortality. The Lord has sent us here "for a wise and glorious purpose," and it should be our business to find out what that purpose is and then to order our lives accordingly.”
“The term middle-aged, invented by Descartes, comes from the Latin, medeus, meaning 'not really old' and ageis, meaning 'if you look at it in a certain way.”

Source : Marilyn Suzanne Miller (2007). “How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe”, p.4, Simon and Schuster
“Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.”

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