"The more I read, the hungrier I become. Each book seemed promising, each page I turned offered an escapade, the allure of another world, other destinies, other dreams."

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Source : "The House I Loved". Book by Tatiana de Rosnay, 2012.

Tatiana de Rosnay

#Dream Quotes #Book Quotes #Destiny Quotes

“I still believe that, in the long run, the aggregate of the decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is likely to do less harm than the centralized decisions of a Government; and certainly the harm is likely to be counteracted faster. As I said earlier in this debate, our economic medicine may be painful but it is fast and powerful because it can act freely.”

Source : Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (p. 216), March 24, 1966.
“You're gonna get thrown curve balls left and right, and that's just the way it goes.”
“My mom and I had secret from my dad that we didn't think we were stupid, that we didn't think we needed feminism to be explained to us.”
“Poets are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard of life. It is for this reason that their recognition comes so slowly.”

Source : Amy Lowell (1931). “Tendencies in Modern American Poetry”, p.11, Ardent Media
“The simplest way to do something cool is the cross-turn. Like in the '80s - Michael Jackson did it. You jump and cross your legs together at the same time, and then spin out of it. That's it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Write to your newspaper. Call your Member of Congress. Email President Obama. Speak out for a cleaner, more stable future for all of us.”
“I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands.”
“I think Hemingway's [book] titles should be awarded first prize in any contest. Each of them is a poem, and their mysterious power over readers contributes to Hemingway's success. His titles have a life of their own, and they have enriched the American vocabulary.”

Source : Sylvia Beach (1991). “Shakespeare and Company”, p.83, U of Nebraska Press

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