"Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, the truest lines or the flashiest ones?"

-- Julian Barnes

#Important Quotes #Lines Quotes #Speak Quotes

“If I could be anyone, I'd choose the lead singer of Arcade Fire, Win Butler.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I had a very different vibe then, I was very into minimalism. I was kind of obsessed with Helmut Lang and [Martin] Margiela.”
“Fear is dangerous. It sparks violence much faster than anger.”
“It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.”

Source : "Warren Hastings". Book by Thomas B. Macaulay, 1851.
“. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .”
“It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.”
“It is absolutely outrageous that a spin doctor for Labor's NBN Co is being paid $450,000 per annum by Australian taxpayers to promote a company that generates no revenue, has no customers and provides no services to anybody”

Source : "Bligh Chief to NBN Co to be Paid $450k". www.smh.com.au. November 18, 2009.
“Society or culture or whatever you might want to call it, has created us all solely and wholly for the purpose of maintaining its continuity and status quo.”

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