"My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career."

-- Rokia Traore

#Father Quotes #Careers Quotes #Able Quotes

“The awkward thing is the people in the room besides us. It's not us. It's just the 20 or 30 people that are around on set, who normally wouldn't be on set. That's always interesting.”
“I like James Franco. I think he's really cute. I remember a while ago there was a rumor going around that he was getting married and all my friends and I were freaking out. Yeah, I think he's cute!”
“It's all economic. Soda is easier to sell than orange juice because its costs less. Water, some coloring, some fizz, and this can, and we can sell this to you over and over and over again. And that's what rap is.”
“Cell phones are like a dog's nipples... you don't have to shout into them!”
“I love it when somebody makes me laugh - it's what attracts me to people.”
“In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.”
“High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief.”
“What kind of world does the humanitarian contemplate as affording him full scope? It could only be a world filled with breadlines and hospitals, in which nobody retained the natural power of a human being to help himself or to resist having things done to him. And that is precisely the world that the humanitarian arranges when he gets his way.”

Source : Isabel Paterson (1993). “God of the Machine”, p.241, Transaction Publishers

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