Rare-book people have this in common with poets: they too are born, not made.
I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I did once work in a rare-books library, and I wrote a novel about a rare book.
Many gold and silver experts will recommend you buy numismatic coins - rare and old coins. If you are not a rare coin expert, I'd encourage you to stay away from them. New investors often pay too much for rare coins that are not really rare.
In America, people rarely stay in the town where they grew up, rarely stay in close proximity to their parents throughout their lives. You rarely find parents in their old age being taken care of by their children.
When I say 'rare,' it's my own term. It's like you're doing something with a photo that is dominant that no one has ever seen before. #Rare means that it can only be seen here. It's just a rare moment that I'm sharing with the world.
Rich gamblers and old trumpeters are rare.
Rare is agreement between beauty and modesty.
Reading great dialogue as an actor is such a rare privilege.
I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely.
All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what...
Love is too rare to be lost on jealousy.
Depression is a phobia of happiness.
Perfect health, like perfect beauty, is a rare thing; and so, it seems, is perfect disease.
It's rare - too rare, I have to say - for botanists to become doctors.
When the rare chance comes, seize it To do the rare deed.
An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy.
Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals.
On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.
Visit rarely, and you will be more loved.
Happiness rarely keeps company with an empty stomach.
If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing.
