"It sounds really over the top to say you're responsible for the city of New York, but I do feel responsibility to the city of New York, to this country, to people everywhere. So many people were affected by the events of September 11, and I feel this is one of the ways that that event will be understood and defined."

-- Michael Arad

#Country Quotes #New York Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?”
“We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain't it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?”
“The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by the presence of foreigners, under different names, on her soil.”

Source : Henry Sumner Maine, Sir, J. H. Morgan (2000). “Ancient Law”, p.27, Beard Books
“I get to focus on something I love to do 24-hours a day rather than trying to squeeze it in between midterms, or even during my normal workday. When I was at Google it was like you wake up at 7 and then you get home by 7 and you start your second job of music. So now I get to focus all my efforts on music, travel and play shows and do all of this stuff. That's the difference - That's all my life is, all day.”
“When these guitar mags bring up that stuff up and say such and such came up with this and that which is pushing the boundaries, I just say, "let's step back for a minute and admit something: nothing has happened for the last 100 years." And it's okay. It's not a bad thing ... We're all working with "tools" that have been in existence for the last 100 years and there hadn't been a new "tool" for a long long time.”
“When you meet someone you love, then you change for good. Thatâ€™s why the other person will never know or understand the earlier you, and why you can never change back. And why, when that person starts to go, youâ€™ll feel the tear deep in your heart long before your head has the slightest clue whatâ€™s going on.”
“I learnt that music cost something, and that's a good thing. Also, that I should exercise, because I didn't and I got very sick.”
“She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.”

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