"To discover a city is in itself a unique event, but when we have the privilege of sharing it with friends most dear to us, it becomes a once-in-a-lifetime experience."

-- Reinaldo Arenas

#Unique Quotes #Cities Quotes #Privilege Quotes

“God is still on His throne, we're still on His 'footstool,' and there's only a knee's distance between!”
“Never worry about what you're going lose but what you're going gain”
“We live in very busy times. All of us have much to do. However, we should ask ourselves often what is it that we are so busy doing?”
“I remember an incident overseas about five years ago where a player punched a referee and knocked him cold. I don't think anything like that will ever happen in the NBA. Emotions run rampant. The games are so intense, and the stakes are so high. (But) At the end of the day, players and coaches really respect officials and really appreciate that they try to do a good job.”
“Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication, where both partners are willing to learn from the other and therefore leads much farther into finding new grounds together”
“There is no relationship here between Church and State. Religious liberty has its unalterable place, along with civil and human liberty, in the very foundation of the Republic. I hold it [religious intolerance] to be a menace to the very liberties which we boast and cherish.”
“That's the thing about fear. Death will kill you once, but fear kills you over and over and over, if you let it.”
“The belief in charms for protecting newborn infants is very strong in Greece.”

Source : James Theodore Bent, Al. N. Oikonomidēs (1965). “Aegean Islands; the Cyclades, Or; Life Among the Insular Greeks”, Chicago, Argonaut

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