quotes about Third Time

“If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish.”

“So many people that we met had some sort of connection to the [Olympics] games. Some story about how they volunteered there, or some sort of memory of it. It still is in the cultural memory and identity of these cities as much as it is in the physical and architectural memory. It's where these two things overlap, I think, that we're trying to explore with the photos.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com

“No babies for me until I'm in my 30s! I'm focused on my career right now. I can't even take care of my dog.”

“When you're doing something you're passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.”

“These are people who don't believe the government can possibly get too big. It's not possible for it to get too big. It's not possible for the government to get too powerful. It's not possible. And yet they are worried at the 'New York Times' about what is happening to it under the guidance of the presidency and Mr. Obama.”

“The way is shut. Then they halted and looked at him and saw that he lived still; but he did not look at them. The way is shut, his voice said again. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.”

“Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.”

“The success of the film should depend on its budget.”

“The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them.”

“Time after time, on matters great and small, we are still standing on the sidelines, mutely accepting what is decided elsewhere instead of raising our voices and making our own choices. Scotland's much vaunted partnership of Jonah and the whale.”

Source : Quoted in Michael Russell (ed) Stop the World: The Autobiography of Winnie Ewing (2004).