"It's important to remember there is a 20 year US. occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1934. That represents a major transition in the history of the country and kind of reshaping partly in terms of just their direction of their attention."

-- Laurent Dubois

#Country Quotes #Years Quotes #Important Quotes

“He (Ozzie Smith) plays like he's on a mini-trampoline or wearing helium kangaroo shorts.”
“How do you know it was the blighted pile? Did you recognize Maiwennâ€™s gift?â€ â€œNo, but there was a marble bust of Dorian in there, which I figured must have been his kingdomâ€™s â€˜humbleâ€™ gift.”
“But to demand that a work be “relatable” expresses a different expectation: that the work itself be somehow accommodating to, or reflective of, the experience of the reader or viewer. The reader or viewer remains passive in the face of the book or movie or play: she expects the work to be done for her. If the concept of identification suggested that an individual experiences a work as a mirror in which he might recognize himself, the notion of relatability implies that the work in question serves like a selfie: a flattering confirmation of an individual's solipsism.”
“Painting pictures didn't make me a lot of money. I have to eat.”
“The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee.”
“I have sat here happy in the gardens, Watching the still pool and the reeds And the dark clouds. . . . But though I greatly delight In these and the water lilies, That which sets me nighest to weeping Is the rose and white colour of the smooth flag-stones, And the pale yellow grasses Among them.”

Source : Richard Aldington (1928). “Collected poems”
“Pure mathematics offers no mercenary inducements to its followers, who is attracted to it by the importance and beauty of the truths in contains; and the complete absence of any material advantage to be gained by means of it, adds perhaps another charm to its study.”
“Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement.”

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