"After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted."

-- Abbe Pierre

#War Quotes #Law Quotes #Paris Quotes

“Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.”
“The snow, which had fallen quietly at first, was now pelting against the windowpanes, driven by a wicked wind; the storm was rapidly assuming proportions of a blizzard.”
“No human pursuit achieves dignity until it can be called work.”
“The problem is that we have allowed our egos, the part of us which believes that we are separate from God and separate from each other, to dominate our lives.”
“I grab Sarahâ€™s hand. â€œYou are more than that. I need you here with me. Youâ€™re pretty much the only thing keeping me from completely melting down.â€ â€œI get it,â€ she says. â€œYouâ€™re going to save the freaking world and Iâ€™m going to help you. That whole saying about behind every great man there is a great woman? I can be that for you. I just want to be a great woman with excellent aim.”
“In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.”

Source : David Bayles, Ted Orland (2001). “Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking”, p.99, Image Continuum Press
“If it is the case that you need just a first 11 and three or four more players, then why did Christopher Columbus sail to India to discover America?”
“Leaders should be the chief repenters.”

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