"That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit of that - but that they insist every word and deed mirror that ice. They never learn the beauty or value of gesture. The emotional necessity. For them, it is all honesty before kindness, truth before art. Love is art, not truth. It's like painting scenery."

-- Lorrie Moore

#Art Quotes #Kindness Quotes #Honesty Quotes

“I dedicated myself to the game and never disrespected it.”
“Once you let go of your morals, everything becomes funny”
“I love the intimacy of making movies. The focus is deeper and much more intense than musical theatre.”
“And some by hours; Some measure days by dreams And some by flowers; My heart alone records My days and hours.”

Source : Madison Julius Cawein, “Some Reckon Time By Stars”
“The fall of one regime does not bring in a utopia. Rather, it opens the way for hard work and long efforts to build more just social, economic,and political relationships and the eradication of other forms of injustices and oppression.”

Source : Gene Sharp (2010). “From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation”, p.8, Albert Einstein Institution
“I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in itself is empty.”
“I'm a footballing romantic just like Johan Cruyff. We like football that is attractive, attacking and easy on the eye. When you win playing like this it's twice as satisfying. I've always played attacking football: my footballing ideals are very clear and well defined. I've grown up at Barcelona with that style and that's the one I like. I think it's good to win like that, by taking the initiative right from the off.”
“Strange are the pictures of the future that mankind can thus draw with this brush of faith and these many-coloured pigments of the imagination! Strange, too, that no one of them tallies with another!”

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