#paris

I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#comparison #i #kind #oh #really

If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#another #bishop #find #go #go find

I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#city #decided #fell #i #i was born

I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities. ↗

— Leslie Caron

#civilizations #clash #experience #frenchmen #i

Charles Francis Adams was singular for mental poise — absence of self-assertion or self-consciousness — the faculty of standing apart without seeming aware that he was alone — a balance of mind and temper that neither challenged nor avoided notice, nor admitted question of superiority or inferiority, of jealousy, of personal motives, from any source, even under great pressure. ↗

— Henry Adams

#humility #education

One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and the cultural capital, but not the political capital. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#capital #characteristics #cultural #different #financial