"People refuse to believe that I've never been to Starbucks or Disneyland."

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Source : Interview with Ossian Ward, www.timeout.com. February 12, 2008.

Edward Ruscha

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Starbucks Quotes

“When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!â€™.”
“True happiness involves the pursuit of worth goals; without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.”
“Dominique Strauss-Kahn has always had a reputation as a man who cares for women, and even a libertine . . .Â There is a vast difference between [that] reputation . . . Â and the charge which he is the object, whichÂ is a serious, very serious crime or sex crime. This is something very different.”
“When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.”
“What I said to my family is, 'Our history is our own. Let people write what they want, we know who we are.”
“My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin”
“By your 40s, you don't want to be with the cool people; you want to be with your people.”

Source : "What You Learn in Your 40s". www.nytimes.com. February 28, 2014.
“He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton, captivated the President, and even compelled acquiescence or silence from that dread source of paralyzing power, the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War.”

Source : Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1998). “The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based Upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps”, p.29, U of Nebraska Press

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