"Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid."

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Suzanne Curchod

#Order Quotes #House Quotes #Opera Quotes

“People thought it was asinine for me to change my swing after I won the Masters by 12 shots. ... Why would you want to change that? Well, I thought I could become better. If I play my best, I'm pretty tough to beat. I'd like to play my best more frequently, and that's the whole idea. That's why you make changes. I thought I could become more consistent.”
“Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to be. Consequently, our literature, written in the past, anchors us in that past.”

Source : "'Why Not Have Our Own World?' Interview with Andrzej Wajda". Interview with Renata Murawska, sensesofcinema.com. 2005.
“Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back”
“learning 's a gift, even when "pain" ,s your teacher!”
“My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?”
“I perceive my limitations even as I work. There are times when I see nothing but restrictions, barriers. Learning takes time.”

Source : Isamu Noguchi (1999). “The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated
“Amy Carter, Chelsea Clinton and the Obama girls all had to change schools.”

Source : "Susan Ford Bales, Former First Daughter, Offers Sasha And Malia Advice". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 7, 2009.
“Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good mood and easygoing but he takes his character very seriously.”

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