"I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing."

-- Michel de Montaigne

#Respect Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Self Reliance Quotes

“I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.”
“Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
“As a kid I learned notions of art and notions of not having any money.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Bleaching my hair for Two Moon Junction... my hair was fried and I looked like an idiot.”
“The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do.”
“Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things. What else is sacred? Oh, Romeo and Juliet, for instance. And all music is.”
“Unlike abortion nobody gets hurt when gays marry but it does have deep implications for what kind of society we want to be. Therefore, individual states should decide the question.”
“The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and not affect its thought because it is not called upon for definite action. But throw your subject into a campaign and it becomes a challenge.”

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