"I'm a ballplayer, not an actor."

-- Joe DiMaggio

“New York does nothing for those of us who are inclined to love her except implant in our hearts a homesickness that baffles us until we go away from her, and then we realize why we are restless. At home or away, we are homesick for New York not because New York used to be better and not because she used to be worse but because the city holds us and we don't know why.”

Source : Maeve Brennan (2015). “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker”, p.79, Counterpoint
“Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite them if painted separately. Keep the impression of your subject as one thing!”

Source : William Morris Hunt (1976). “William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing”, Dover Pubns
“No efforts of mine could avail to make the book easy reading.”

Source : "The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection". Book by Ronald Fisher, 1930.
“The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing.”

Source : William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.131, BoD – Books on Demand
“It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.”
“I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.”
“Sociologists have a theory of the looking-glass self: You become what the most important person in your life (wife, father, boss, etc.) thinks you are. How would my life change if I truly believed the Bible's astounding words about God's love for me, if I looked in the mirror and saw what God sees?”
“Small minds are captivated by trifles.”

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