"One of my greatest sources of pride as president of the New York Public Library is the continuance of the library's open, free, and democratic posture, the fact that we are here for Everyman, that we are indeed Everyman's university, the place where the scholar who is not college-affiliated can come and work and feel at home."

-- Vartan Gregorian

#New York Quotes #Home Quotes #Pride Quotes

“Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure. I always seem to be wrapped in the melodrama of vulgarity. I do not think... of art as a situation of comfort.”
“You are not easily forgotten.”
“Let the other fellow get the headlines. I'll take the laws.”
“The first time I fired up a car, felt the engine shudder and the wheel come to life in my hands, I was hooked. It was a feeling I can't describe. I still get it every time I get into a race car.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The War office kept three sets of figures - one to mislead the public, another to mislead the cabinet and the third to mislead itself.”

Source : In Alistair Horne 'Price of Glory' (1962) ch. 2
“We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother”
“Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.”
“If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already living that future. If I wonder what it's like to become a lawyer or marry a busy executive or eat at a particular restaurant, my best bet is to find people who have actually done these things and see how happy they are.”

Source : "Happiness: The elusive emotion". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. November 20, 2006.

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