Amor Towles Quotes

Strangely enough, my favorite airport is Logan Airport in Boston - but largely for sentimental reasons. My first real summer job was working as a journeyman for the airport's resident maintenance crew - a small army of union electricians, plumbers, and carpenters.

Amor Towles

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JobSmallArmyEnoughSummerBoston

Americans want to be exposed to the opportunities that a changing world can offer.

John B. Larson

WorldOpportunitiesWantChanging

Being stronger really helped my game.

Andrew Benintendi

GameStrongerBeingReallyHelped

I want to make things equal.

Andrew Breitbart

WantEqualThingsMake

I did have a literal shed of fan mail once. It was literally filled with, like, 25 of those giant mail cartons.

Andrew Keegan

MailLikeFanLiteralGiantOnce

The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.

Anacharsis

HealthMadnessShameFirstPleasure

I was a boss on 'Cavemen.' That was portentous.

Stephanie Courtney

Boss

I try to make explosive and catchy music, haha.

Sigrid

MusicTryMakeCatchyExplosive

If you look at a painting that you love by one of the great masters, every time you go back to it, you see something different - a different attitude or brushstroke. 'Hamlet' is like an entire gallery of old masters.

Rory Kinnear

LoveAttitudeGreatTimePainting

My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.

Michael Sheen

GoodSportsTalentEverythingPretty

He could have made a difference. He could have brought real jobs and development to hard working communities that need and deserve those resources. Instead, William Boyland, Jr. worked to glorify one person, and that was himself.

Loretta Lynch

PersonDevelopmentDeserveNeedHard

Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of societies or any other artificial combinations IS the first, greatest, and most fatal mistake ever committed by legislators and by reformers.

Josiah Warren

MistakeMeKnowPrincipalFirstWho

I'm a serial renovator of apartments and old houses, so I'm in daily need of doorknobs, subway tiles, and 14-foot-tall pier mirrors.

Donald Baechler

DailyMirrorsOldNeedSubway

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