"There is something to be said about laying bare the vocabulary of the aristocratic measure, right? There's something to be said about allowing the powerless to tell their own story."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#Vocabulary Quotes #Stories Quotes #Said Quotes

“Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men, he fell into the hands of pirates; and when the rest said, "We are undone if we are known,"-"But I," said he, "am undone if we are not known.”
“I come from a very expressive family, so it's really not surprising that we became actors. There was a lot of real-life drama in our house. Some of it was drama, some of it was comedy and some of it was comic-tragedy.”
“Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.”
“The Challenge is to pry Bertie loose from Dain and his circle of oafish dengenerates,â€ Jessica said severely. â€œIt would be far more profitable to pry Dain loose for yourself,â€ said her grandmother. â€œHe is very wealthy, his lineage is excellent, he is young, strong, and healthy, and you feel a powerful attraction.â€ â€œHe isnâ€™t husband material.â€ â€œWhat I have described is perfect husband material.â€ said her grandmother. â€œI donâ€™t want a husband.â€ â€œJessica, no woman does who can regard men objectively. And you have always been magnificently objective.”
“Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just comes-none knows whence-and cannot explain itself.”
“Apre' s le rare bonheur de trouver une compagne qui nous soit bien assortie, l'e tat le moins malheureux de la vie est sans doute de vivre seul. After the rare happiness of finding a companion with whom we are well matched, the least unpleasant state of life is without doubt to live alone.”

Source : 1788 Paul et Virginie.
“Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.”
“My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves.”

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