"A man with few friends is only half-developed; there are whole sides of his nature which are locked up and have never been expressed. He cannot unlock them himself, he cannot even discover them; friends alone can stimulate him and open him."

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Source : Randolph Bourne (1992). “The Radical Will: Selected Writings, 1911-1918”, p.111, Univ of California Press

Randolph Bourne

#Friendship Quotes #Men Quotes #Few Friends Quotes

“One of the most amazing things that came out of 9/11 was all the pictures taken by amateurs, by people just going to work or coming or saw what was going on and took it. But all forms and various types of cameras, and when you look at that body of work you just see the impact of how photography is - when I taught once, I said that you have to be ready now for any event.”
“Would I employ you if you were obese? No I would not. You would give the wrong impression to the clients of my business. I need people to look energetic, professional and efficient. If you are obese you look lazy.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Parties can't be artificially assembled at the Kremlin.”
“People are always talking about the first church. The real first church was that gaggle of people who followed Jesus around. We don't know anything about them. But he apparently didn't ask them what creed they subscribed to, or what their sexual preference was, or any of that. He fed them. He healed them. He forgave them. He is clear about sin, but he was also for forgiveness.”
“I drew my bride, beneath the moon,Across my threshold; happy hour!But, ah, the walk that afternoonWe saw the water-flags in flower!”
“Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most”
“I play weird. I'm always just behind. We [drummers] only have so much room. We're not guitarists.”
“The TV Tropes QC page is every single idiotic comment from my forums distilled into one HTML document.”

Source : Call Out Boy‏ @jephjacques, twitter.com. September 4, 2009.

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