"Life is one long decay, no? There's a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city."

-- Urs Fischer

#Cities Quotes #Long Quotes #Decay Quotes

“As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.”

Source : "Vanessa Paradis, Romain Duris & Director Pascal Chaumeil Interview Heartbreaker". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. September 07, 2010.
“While nothing is more uncertain than a single life, nothing is more certain than the average duration of a thousand lives.”
“I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with.”
“You must learn to define the problem before you attempt to cure it.”
“I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.”

Source : Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. August 31, 2003.
“We understand that as public figures, we are a target for people who have nothing to lose in their quest for fame and easy money, ... preposterous, slanderous and defamatory lies.”
“I used to think that music was like lace upon a garment, nice to have but not necessary. I have come to believe that music is absolutely essential to our community life.”
“To him who has thought, or done, or suffered much, the level days of his childhood seem at an immeasureable distance, far off as the age of chivalry, or as the line of Sesostris.”

Source : Thomas Babington Macaulay, Thomas Noon Talfourd, James Stephen (1854). “Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous: Critical and miscellaneous writings”, p.102

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