Alberto Manguel Quotes

I had a library of maybe 1,000 books in my room in Buenos Aires. I did have the sense that everything there was organised in the right way. You'll probably think I needed serious psychiatric treatment, but there were times when I would not buy a book because I knew it wouldn't fit one of the categories into which I had divided the library.

Alberto Manguel

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BookLibraryThinkYouSeriousWay

Be intentional with your space. Don't be afraid to step on a limb and design your home the way you love it.

Joanna Gaines

LoveHomeStepSpaceDesignYou

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story.

Anish Kapoor

WorkStoryMeaningCircleWithout

The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was engaged in weaving a background of music for the pageantry of it, there came a deeper realization of the effect of that office on the man.

John Philip Sousa

MusicGreatManMeAmericanEarth

I've always been interested in the Depression as this very dramatic pivotal period in American history.

Ron Howard

HistoryDepressionAmericanAlways

I remember street corners and pickets and parades. That's what I got teethed on.

Ruby Dee

RememberStreetGotI Remember

Antifa are the left-wing version of Nazis. They are very violent; they are terrible people. They cause a ruckus and property damage.

Mike Cernovich

PeoplePropertyTerribleDamageVery

School bored me. Being educated and being intelligent are two different things. I thought I was smart enough. And I wanted to be an entertainer. I stopped going to school as a way of saying I was mature, a way of saying I was going to choose who I was going to become.

Djimon Hounsou

SchoolSmartMeSayingThoughtWay

Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

Douglas Adams

StruggleManWinGalaxyOddsWhere

If we have intelligence on the location of terrorist training centers, it is insane not to act.

Bob Beckel

IntelligenceTrainingLocationAct

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

Brian Mulroney

PoliticsFriendsYouEnemyNeedTwo

I often shoot with scissors in my eyes.

Allan Dwan

EyesShootScissorsOften

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

Phil McGraw

My OwnJudgmentOwnAnybodyElse

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