"It bothers me that I won't live to see the end of the century, because, when I was young, in St. Louis, I remember saying to Marilyn, my sister by adoption, that that was how long I wanted to live: seventy years."

-- Harold Brodkey

#Years Quotes #Long Quotes #Adoption Quotes

“Hours of preparation for something that is excecuted, with extreme precision, in a few minutes. Just as with a judo throw.”

Source : "Yves Klein, 1928 - 1962, Selected Writings". Book by Yves Klein, ed. J & J. pp. 55-57, 1974.
“Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American.”
“If you don't let things develop, it's like keeping something in a bag and not letting it out to fly”
“Indians are great lovers of cricket, they have always been that as far as I can remember - great followers of the game and have knowledge about the game.”
“Carbon dioxide is....being portrayed as a pollutant; in fact, it makes things grow, and it is not toxic to humans.”
“[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn't tell a lie and now they have one who can't tell the truth.”
“The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.”
“I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver.”

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