"People are renovating places and opening ambitious new venues. That's one thing that music does. It gets people out of their houses, and gets them hanging out together."

-- David Byrne

#People Quotes #House Quotes #Ambitious Quotes

“Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm saying very plainly that the Yankees are better equipped than we. . . . All we've got is cotton and slaves, and arrogance." "I seem to be spoiling everybody's brandy and cigars and dreams of victory."”
“My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!”

Source : A Few Figs from Thistles "First Fig" l. 1 (1920)
“We don't even realize something is broken until someone else shows us a better way”

Source : Alexis Ohanian (2013). “Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed”, p.117, Hachette UK
“To conform is to lose your soul”

Source : Joshua Ferris (2007). “Then We Came to the End: A Novel”, p.202, Hachette UK
“In all the interviews I have done, I cannot remember one offender who did not admit privately to more victims than those for whom he had been caught. On the contrarty, most offenders had been charged with and/or convicted of from one to three victims. In the interviews I have done, they have admitted to roughly 10 to 1,250 victims. What was truly frightening was that all the offenders had been reported before by children, and the reports had been ignored.”

Source : Anna C. Salter (2004). “Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders : who They Are, how They Operate, and how We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children”, Basic Books (AZ)
“You stick your nose in the dirt until you find something that smells good.”
“After 20 years of painting wildlife subjects in acrylic, I felt the need for a change and began to explore portraiture and landscape in oils.”
“I quickly learned that reading is cumulative and proceeds by geometrical progression: each new reading builds upon whatever the reader has read before.”

Source : Alberto Manguel (2014). “A History of Reading”, p.36, Penguin

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