"How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective."

-- Suzanne Vega

#Perspective Quotes #Different Quotes #Streets Quotes

“it is inconceivable that poverty eradication can make much headway in the absence of major advances in literacy.”
“Invitations to speak upon public occasions are among my most grievous embarrassments. Why is it inferred that one is or can be a public speaker because she has written a book? Writing is a very private business. I do not know any other occupation which requires so much privacy unless it is a life of prayer or a life of crime.”
“The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events, having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.”
“Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space. I therefore want to encourage public interest in space.”
“We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future.”
“We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.”
“We always remember best the irrelevant.”
“The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.”

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