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Marguerite Yourcenar
"age means nothing. If anything I feel that I'm still a child: eternity and childhood are my ages."
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Source : Marguerite Yourcenar, Matthieu Galey (1984). “With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey”, Boston : Beacon Press
Marguerite Yourcenar
#Children Quotes
#Mean Quotes
#Childhood Quotes
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“What would you do if money was no object?”
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“The best things that have ever happened to me have not been the result of anything I have done. Some might say that is luck. I call them blessings and in some cases miracles.”
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“The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.”
Source : Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee
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“To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.”
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“Nobody can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy for a little while.”
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“It never seemed important to me that my photos be published. It's important that I take them. There were periods where I didn't have money, and I would imagine that someone would come to me and say: 'Here is money, you can go do your photography, but you must not show it.' I would have accepted right away. On the other hand, if someone had come to me saying: 'Here is money to do your photography, but after your death it must be destroyed,' I would have refused.”
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“No living thing is insignificant.”
Source : Tony DiTerlizzi (2010). “The Search for WondLa”, p.381, Simon and Schuster
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“Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and a drawback to the progress of the country. Its instincts and actions are those of the pack.”
