"When I want to be incognito, I don't wear any hat. Unfortunately, even without the hat, they now recognise me in Paris."

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Amelie Nothomb

#Paris Quotes #Want Quotes #Hats Quotes

“Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.”
“Maybe you should kiss someone who is nice, or lick a rock, or both.”
“Research has convincingly demonstrated that using the "rod" creates children who are not more obedient but who are instead simplymore angry and aggressive than other kids. Parents who routinely slap or strike their children are actually handing them a model of violence to imitate--and many do indeed grow to be abusive, some even murderously so.”
“You have to be prepared for people to hate you. Average people love to be average, because nobody bothers them.”
“Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of disarmament is superfluous and pointless as long as eternal peace has not been attained.”
“A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven't been as well taught.”
“By the virtue of modesty the devout person governs all his exterior acts. With good reason, then, does St. Paul recommend this virtue to all and declare how necessary it is and as if this were not enough he considers that this virtue should be obvious to all.”
“You pick up a camera because something has been revealed to you in the landscape or in the human-scape. And you have no choice because it's a gift. And it's like, oh right, I better start doing this!”

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