"Death destroys the body, as the scaffolding is destroyed after the building is up and finished. And he whose building is up rejoices at the destruction of the scaffolding and of the body."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#Body Quotes #Building Quotes #Destruction Quotes

“Discriminate, discriminate, and again discriminate! Be fastidious. Choose. Select.”
“We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.”
“You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.”

Source : The New York Times Book Review Interview in 1985. Quoted in "Pundits, Poets, and Wits: An Omnibus of American Newspaper Columns‎" by Karl Ernest Meyer, p. 308, 1990.
“I remember watching myself on video and being so disappointed with myself because I was constantly moving around the place and laughing. I thought, 'I must be so much louder than I think I am. From inside it feels fine.'”
“Yes, she was a scandal. Her brother simply didnâ€™t know it. â€œI fell in the Serpentine today.â€ â€œYes, well, that doesnâ€™t usually happen to women in London. But itâ€™s not so much of a scandal as it is a challenge.”
“to "set the standard for beauty in classical and modem cookery, and attest to the distant future that the French chefs of the 19th century were the most famous in the world.”
“I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“All obvious moves look dubious in analysis after the game.”

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