"A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation."

-- Arthur Symons

#Travel Quotes #Secret Quotes #Stranger Quotes

“For the last eight years, American policy toward Iraq has been based on the direct threat Saddam poses to international security. That threat is clear. Saddam's history of aggression leaves little doubt that he would resume his drive for regional domination and his quest for weapons of mass destruction if he had the chance.”
“I am a very committed European.”
“The last time money left the art world, intrepid types maxed out their credit cards and opened galleries, and a few of them have become the best in the world.”
“Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.”
“The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.”
“I try to avoid political ties.”
“This is the road I have tried to follow as a teacher: living my convictions; being open to the process of knowing and being sensitive to the experience of teaching as an art; being pushed forward by the challenges that prevent me from bureaucratizing my practice; accepting my limitations, yet always conscious of the necessary effort to overcome them and aware that I cannot hide them because to do so would be a failure to respect both my students and myself as a teacher.”
“The more you live, the better an actor you are, but maybe I'd like to do something else on the side. Something to pay the bills as well.”

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