"[Chicago] is the greatest and most typically American of all cities. New York is bigger and more spectacular and can outmatch it in other superlatives, but it is a "world" city, more European in some respects than American."

-- John Gunther

#Respect Quotes #New York Quotes #Cities Quotes

“You don't choose who you love.”
“When you print money, the money does not flow evenly into the economic system. It stays essentially in the financial service industry and among people that have access to these funds, mostly well-to-do people. It does not go to the worker.”

Source : "Marc Faber: Not Even Gold Will Save You From What Is Coming" by Matthew Boesler, www.businessinsider.com. March 27, 2013.
“Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Stop for a moment and let that sink in. Weâ€™re so used to evaluating everything (and everyone) by their usefulness that this thought will take a minute or two to begin to dawn on us. Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Which is to say, beauty is in and of itself a great and glorious good, something we need in large and daily doses.”

Source : John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.26, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I am not a model the camera just went off by itself”
“The inspiration is all in the script, in the text. So whatever it is, either it is a film or a book to be illustrated, anything. Everything you need to know is in the text. So the thing is trying to find right tone and voice, the right style, the right way of expressing the emotions in a story or in the location of the story, but it is all in the text.”

Source : Source: www.thestorymint.com
“I very much enjoyed Leo Tolstoy's What is Art? I can't quote it, it's been a while, but at the end of the day, the idea is that "art that does good in the world is art, and what doesn't is not. It's propaganda or something else. It's bad."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We revel in the laxness of the path we take.”
“What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.”

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