"The rose blinds the sharpshooting champions."

-- Roque Dalton

#Rose Quotes #Champion Quotes

“He taught me everything I know. Every note I write I learned from that man upstairs. People rave over my arranging today, and I just think to myself, God bless Tommy Dorsey. If it hadn't been for him, I never could have done it.”
“Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.”
“It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.”

Source : "How Stripe Plans To Make Mobile Pay" by Owen Thomas, www.businessinsider.com. March 21, 2013.
“I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit.”

Source : "Libya Policy Is a Slippery Slope" by Sen. Tom Udall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2011.
“I'm sorry, to boycott the Academy Awards is a slap in Chris Rock's face. To host is such a prestigious honor. To boycott it is not the issue. I think it does a disservice to all the African Americans that have worked so hard this year that will be attending and looking at this as an opportunity of a lifetime. I think it's a slap in the face. I understand the sentiment, but I don't appreciate the tactic.”

Source : Source: www.ebony.com
“You can't improve on saying nothing.”
“Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently.”
“I'm learning about filming, and just conceptualizing as well. I think it's a good artistic inroad, even to music as well.”

Source : "Belle and Sebastian". Interview with Gretta Cohn, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2006.

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