"It was hollow, my triumph, I could feel that, but I held on to it just the same."

-- Jamaica Kincaid

#Triumph Quotes #Feels Quotes

“As soon as we surrender the principle that the state should not interfere in any questions touching on the individuals mode of life, we end by regulating and restricting the latter down to the smallest details.”
“My actions were coming from a place of love.”
“That's the most difficult issue for me - to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I'm prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject”
“The definition of love is giving.”
“I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end.”
“I've always hated criminals and crime. Life is hard enough without someone walking into your life on purpose and making it worse.”
“If coming events are said to cast their shadows before, past events cannot fall to leave their impress behind them.”
“I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.”

Source : "José Manuel Barroso: 'How is Britain so open to the world, but so closed to Europe?'". Interview with David Miliband, www.newstatesman.com. July 11, 2012.

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