"I felt that Paris was illuminated by a splendor possessed by no other places."

-- Isak Dinesen

#Paris Quotes #Splendor Quotes

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

Source : Frederick Douglass (2014). “Frederick Douglass on Slavery and the Civil War: Selections from His Writings”, p.42, Courier Corporation
“I respect you more than anyone. But right now Iâ€™m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didnâ€™t make your decision.”
“The guy's life drunk, I think, makes Candide look like a sourpuss. Does he even know that death exists?”
“When a dancer comes onstage, he is not just a blank slate that the choreographer has written on. Â Behind him he has all the decisions he has made in life Each time, he has chosen, and in what he is onstage, you see the result of those choices. Â You are looking at the person he is, and the person who, at this point, he cannot help but be Â Exceptional dancers, in my experience, are also exceptional people, people with an attitude toward life, a kind of quest, and an internal quality. Â They know who they are, and they show this to you, willingly.”

Source : "Loners". www.newyorker.com. December 12, 2005.
“Make your decisions promptly. It is better to act quickly even though your tactics are not the best.”
“If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. ~Val”
“Politically, the goal of todayâ€™s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.”
“It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.”

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