"L.A. is very special to me, so far away from my world on the East Coast, Europe, Asia. It's a bit of an island for me - less intense, less busy; because of time difference and location, it has a calming effect. At least it used to be all that."

-- Nicolas Berggruen

#Europe Quotes #Differences Quotes #Islands Quotes

“If Britons were left to tax themselves, there would be no schools, no hospitals, just a 500-mile-high statue of Diana, Princess of Wales”

Source : "Not amused by Jimmy Carr? Check out these comedians instead" by Hazel Davis, www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2009.
“A child gets sick with a chronic disease of unhappiness not from unhappy circumstances but from unhappy people around him. Unhappy people cannot raise happy children; it's impossible.”

Source : Simon Soloveychik (2010). “Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?”, p.30, Aigul Aubanova
“Mediocrity's easy, the good things take time, the great need commitment.”

Source : Song: Lock And Load
“Adam Sandler is truly brilliant. He plays these goofy characters, but he is a brilliant fellow.”
“Don't ever think that you can't change the past.”
“Only in a novel are all things given full play.”
“The destination is a happy life, an accomplished life that doesn't end with death but with eternal life.”

Source : "Milan Cardinal Scola quotes Kerouac to youthful flock as speculation on papal chances swirl", www.foxnews.com. March 6, 2013.
“The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time”

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