"The reclusive man who marries the gregarious woman, the timid woman who marries the courageous man, the idealist who marries the realist we can all see these unions: the marriages in which tenderness meets loyalty, where generosity sweetens moroseness, where a sense of beauty eases some aridity of the spirit, are not so easy for outsiders to recognize; the parties themselves may not be fully aware of such elements in a good match."

-- Robertson Davies

#Loyalty Quotes #Party Quotes #Men Quotes

“My father used to tell us, 'You will have to work twice as hard to get what you want.”
“If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.”
“I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.”
“You must be as thrilled as I am to meet again.Call it an act of extreme kindness that I requested your leg be bandaged up," she snaps. "I want to see you stand for your execution,and I won't have you dying from infection before I'm through with you." "Thanks.You're very kind.”
“Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy.”

Source : " Songs and freedom in West Papua" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2011.
“Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.”
“Eight days the light continued on its own: A miracle, they say, but not more so Than ordinary lives of flesh and bone, Consuming wicks burned ashen long ago....”
“I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place”

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