"Imagine the first Burmese "giraffe woman"; she was probably a local icon in her village in the way she put the rings around her neck to sell her craft. Then she became a celebrity, so all of the wannabes started following her in that uncomfortable and unhealthy trend. But is that so different from Pamela Anderson? I don't think so."

-- Noma Bar

#Thinking Quotes #Icons Quotes #Different Quotes

“Every time I nostalgically try to regain my liking of John McCain, he reaches into his sleaze bag and pulls out something malodorous.”

Source : Dick Cavett (2010). “Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets”, p.173, Macmillan
“At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.”
“Trying is always enough.”
“When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.”
“Poetry is what is gained in translation.”

Source : "Raw Material by Derek Mahon - review" by Aingeal Clare, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2012.
“Talk passionately and act compassionately. The only thing you can do in your life to win the world is to be a kind speaker and a kind listener. That's what makes the humankind. Kind listening and kind speaking. Passionately talk and compassionately act.”
“Haitians don't like to say they are hungry because we are proud.”
“Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age, even if he had been wearing an overcoat.”

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