"It's a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills."

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William Makepeace Thackeray

#People Quotes #Comfort Quotes #Grumbling Quotes

“His parting shot to me had been, "I don't want to love someone who is more at home with the monsters than I am." What do you say to that? What can you say? Damned if I know. They say love conquers everything. They lie.”
“I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing.”
“Riches should come as the reward for hard work, preferably by one's forebears”
“Then down came the lid--the day was lost, for art, at Sarajevo. World-politics stepped in, and a war was started which has not ended yet: a "war to end war." But it merely ended art. It did not end war.”

Source : 1937 Blasting and Bombardiering, pt.5,'Toward an Art-Less Society'.
“A child cannot be free if his/her mother is not free. A husband cannot be free if his wife is not free. The society is nothing if women are nothing.”

Source : "Women and the Reality of the Arab Spring: Writing New Constitutions, Leaving Out Women’s Rights" by Vivian Norris, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 18, 2012.
“When you’re young, whatever you do that makes you stand out is a frightening thing. You learn later that that’s what you want to do, stand out.”
“I like musicians who look at the public. You have to bring the music to the largest number. Otherwise, we'll [the Jazz players] stay in the clubs. Jazz must be accessible to everyone.”

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