Vartan Gregorian Quotes
The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and their own thirst for knowledge, and in the process, to achieve their own independence of mind and spirit.
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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The only foreplay I really need is for a guy to kiss my hip bone. The hip is the most erotic and neglected body part. Kiss the hip bone with your lips.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
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I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
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Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
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Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Everything I say is true.
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission.
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Let us worry about beauty first, and truth will take care of itself.
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If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
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When we talk of architecture, people usually think of something static; this is wrong. What we are thinking of is an architecture similar to the dynamic and musical architecture achieved by the Futurist musician Pratella. Architecture is found in the movement of colours, of smoke from a chimney and in metallic structures, when they are expressed in states of mind which are violent and chaotic.
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Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you're knocked down, get right back up. And never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on.
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The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and their own thirst for knowledge, and in the process, to achieve their own independence of mind and spirit.
