"There are only two places in the world where we can live happy: at home and in Paris."

-- Ernest Hemingway

#Home Quotes #Two Quotes #Paris Quotes

“People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.”
“Stardom is like making love in a hammock - a happy experience but one of uncertain duration.”
“I give up a personal life... to pursue what I love and make my fans happy.”
“Chefs have only been able to work in restaurants, high-end cuisine. Why? Why haven't they been able to find other scenarios? For those chefs who want to do avant-garde cuisine, should they be finding their income in a restaurant? These are the kind of questions we are asking ourselves. So the new scenario will allow them to do whatever they want to do, whenever they want to do it.”
“I strive to make the next painting better than the last one. That's why the most exciting thing to me is the next one.”
“The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the week the Sgt. Pepper album was released.. . . . At the time I happened to be driving across country on Interstate 80. In each city where I stopped for gas or food â€” Laramie, Ogallala, Moline, South Bend â€” the melodies wafted in from some far-off transistor radio or portable hi-fi. It was the most amazing thing Iâ€™ve ever heard. For a brief while the irreparable fragmented consciousness of the West was unified, at least in the minds of the young.”
“I wanted to be my own heroine.”

Source : Jesmyn Ward (2013). “Men We Reaped: A Memoir”, p.86, A&C Black
“What a thrill that will be if I have to die in the electric chair. It will be the supreme thrill. The only one I haven't tried.”

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