"The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15"

-- Robert Caro

#Rose Quotes #Ballet Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“To me, only that which makes me wise is worth knowing.”
“The future of Norway isn't about competing on being the cheapest but the most innovative. We have an expensive welfare state and the only answer to continue that way is to become more competitive, especially on knowledge.”
“The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.”
“Beauty is only skin deep.”
“We buy things. We wear them or put them on our walls, or sit on them, but anyone who wants to can take them away from us. Or break them. ... Long after he's dead, someone else will own those stupid little boxes, and then someone after him, just as someone owned them before he did. But no one ever thinks of that: objects survive us and go on living. It's stupid to believe we own them. And it's sinful for them to be so important.”

Source : "Quietly in Their Sleep". Book by Donna Leon, www.wired.com. May 23, 1997.
“Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God.”

Source : Source: exiledpreacher.blogspot.com
“I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.”
“I’ve long been a fan of IMAX nature documentaries, but Humpback Whales, directed by Greg MacGillivray, is something special.”

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