"What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen."

-- Robert D. Kaplan

#September 11 Quotes #Stuff Quotes #September Quotes

“I had always made pictures as I thought I saw the world, focusing on what lay in front, but this is not how one sees the world. It only frames the centre and cuts off the lateral vision, which lies unfocused. Now I found that I could turn my eye to the adjacent field of vision, seeing another focus, an extension which I added to the original. Instead of stopping at two focuses, I looked further to the side, adding another and yet another...”
“Those nights lying alone are not discontinuous with this cold hectic dawn. It is who I am.”
“I just got an honorary degree from Glasgow University, and I had to wear around very painful shoes so that I didn't laugh all the way through the ceremony because I felt like an outlaw.”
“When men do the dishes, it's called helping. When women do the dishes, it is called life.”
“I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.”
“The biggest thing is not to lose your confidence and realize you've got to work through those mistakes to yourself a chance to improve.”
“No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.”
“I spend a lot of time writing in New York.”

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