"Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches."

-- William Cobbett

#Giving Quotes #Riches Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.”
“There are enough bad films coming out of this town already without the process being more democratized. I'm a guy who loves democracy. I'm all for democratizing any process, but I think there is a price to pay for that.”
“THE old man died beneath the wheels of the twentieth century. There was nothing left but stains, bloodstains and fragments of flesh . . . And the same thing is happening to my generation.”
“Oh my God, I grew up in the kitchen. Absolutely. The kitchen, for me, is home.”
“The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.”
“What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as you do the face? Would you equate artifice and sincerity? Confound appearance with truth? Regard the phantom as the very person? Value counterfeit as cash?”
“Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.”
“Love between strangers takes only a few seconds and can last a whole life.”

Source : Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.161, Oneworld Publications

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