"The Past, being in the mode of memory, is closed, inalienable, and irreparable ..."

-- Susanne Katherina Langer

#Memories Quotes #Past Quotes

“no case of libel by a negro against a white would even reach a southern court.”
“Intellect confuses intuition.”
“The Jews of the shtetls that Tolstoy remembered were saints... the people I photographed were saints. So now, in 1983, I tell the world: When you learn about Goethe, don't forget to study the Holocaust, too.”

Source : "Testament to a Lost People" by Herbert Mitgang, New York Times, www.nytimes.com. October 2, 1983.
“Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.”

Source : "20 Questions: Padma Lakshmi". Interview with David Hochman, www.playboy.com. November 15, 2012.
“If one had taken what is necessary to cover one's needs and had left the rest to those who are in need, no one would be rich, no one would be poor, no one would be in need.”
“Many a girl who can't dance well makes up for it during intermission.”
“At first trouble is a new experience - gradually you learn that - that it isn't fatal.”
“I had really not been out of the United States much, except for Mexico. I thought, "Jesus Christ, this [Russia] is like a whole new world." Instead of writing Michael Jackson one-glove jokes, all I had to do was go to these weird places and keep my eyes and ears open.”

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