"With all its excesses, the modern impressionistic movement has given us one discovery, the color violet. It is the only discovery of importance in the art world since Velazquez."

-- Joaquin Sorolla

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“Snobbery has gone out of fashion, and in our shops you will find duchesses jostling with typists to buy the same dress.”

Source : Mary Quant (1966). “Quant”
“I want children who feel embarrassed because they speak Spanish to realize that there are places where the beautiful Spanish they speak is an asset.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn't something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.”

Source : "What to Say to Boys and Young Men About Big Ben" by Jackson Katz, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 2, 2011.
“I haven't taught creative writing all that much (my CW teaching consists of a few summer workshops for elementary school children and an eight-week class for older adults), and I don't really know what my teaching style is yet.”
“I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.”
“I'd really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I'm the action guy.”
“Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing something and tearing it up...”
“So as you are, in whatever conditions you are, in whatever situations you are, whatever may be the surroundings, like a dirty mire full of creatures and filth, you can become like lotuses. When you become like lotuses, all that is filth, all that is horrible can become fragrant. And this is what we have to achieve.”

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