"Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise."

-- Rumi

#Inspirational Quotes #Praise Quotes #Insolence Quotes

“If i'm not with somebody who really excites or inspires me, then I'd rather be by myself.”

Source : "Blake Lively: Savage Blonde". Interview with Nina Garcia, www.marieclaire.com. June 11, 2012.
“I have switched on this modern laptop machine. And I have told myself that I must resist the temptation to start playing solitaire upon it.”
“Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it.”
“It is, of course, clear that a country with a large foreign population must endeavour, through its schools, to assimilate the children of immigrants. It is, however, unfortunate that a large part of this process should be effected by means of a somewhat blatant nationalism.”
“Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all they're interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they're interested in learning something.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We people who are attracted by the countryside cherish fond memories of certain springs, certain woods, certain ponds, certain hills, which have become familiar sights and can touch our hearts like happy events. Sometimes indeed the memory goes back towards a forest glade, or a spot on a river bank or an orchard in blossom, glimpsed only once on a happy day, but preserved in our heart.”
“Each one of us has the power to be the change we want to see in the world, making the world a better place.”
“Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing.”

Source : Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.

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