quotes about Buffon

“There have always been huge musicians and poets in Uruguay, but Uruguay is a well-kept secret.”

“Clients are becoming more and more savvy. They know what's happening in the brands; they know the new products that are coming out.”

“The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible.”

“Hana: What on Earth is a 'barbeque'? Hel: A primitive tribal ritual featuring paper plates, elbows, flying insects, encrusted meat, hush puppies, and beer. Hana: I daren't ask what a 'hush puppy' is. Hel: Don't.”

“As I get older, I realize a lot of the things I could have done - things that I didn't think were so great at the time - actually would have been enjoyable.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.”

Source : Marilyn Johnson (2010). “This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All”, p.12, Harper Collins

“Technology is driving us together. In many ways we are becoming like one family. With the global threats resulting from science and technology, the whole of humankind now needs protection. We have to extend our loyalty to the whole of the human race.”

Source : "Remember Your Humanity". Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. 1995.

“Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.”

“Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak.”

“The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through the animal spirit.”