“the important thing is not what we (look) like, but the role we play in our best friend's life.”
Cecelia Ahern book If You Could See Me Now
Source: If You Could See Me Now
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“the important thing is not what we (look) like, but the role we play in our best friend's life.”
Cecelia Ahern book If You Could See Me Now
Source: If You Could See Me Now
“We believe that the Statue of Liberty is an important symbol of freedom for our country.”
Kenneth Chenault (1951) American business executive
A Principled Leader (2004)
Context: We believe that the Statue of Liberty is an important symbol of freedom for our country. And as [film director] Martin Scorcese, who is involved in the Statue’s latest fundraising campaign, said, what is most impressive is not just what the Statue of Liberty represents for Americans but really what it represents to the whole world.<!-- ** p. 10
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
As quoted in The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio, p. 130
“How much frankness can we stand in a friend?”
Max Frisch (1911–1991) Swiss playwright and novelist
Sketchbook 1966-1977
Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747) French writer, a moralist
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 175.