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Joseph Conrad quote: "It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and..."

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Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love with ideas, and you can fall in love with people. It's a very subjective experience. And I'm loyal to that experience. Robert Wyatt
No. Not yet. A craftsman only. But I dream to be an artist. I pray that someday, if I work with enough care, if I am very very lucky, I will make a weapon that is a work of art. Call me an artist then, and I will answer. William Goldman
James A. Michener quote: "If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing..."
If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it. James A. Michener
William Congreve quote: "They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and..."
They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom. William Congreve
Tom Stoppard quote: "It is better to be quotable than to be honest."
It is better to be quotable than to be honest. Tom Stoppard
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "There he stood, in the camouflage of sun and shade, disfigured..."
There he stood, in the camouflage of sun and shade, disfigured by them and masked by his own nakedness. Vladimir Nabokov
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or..."
Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. H. P. Lovecraft
In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government. Dick Thornburgh
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "My Companions are as stars. Whomsoever of them you follow, you will be rightly guided." When a man looks at a star, and finds his way by it, the star does not speak any word to that man. Yet, by merely looking at the star, the man knows the road from roadlessness and reaches his goal. Rumi
Often-times it's madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so doing, prove the impossible possible! James Rollins
You think of travellers as bold, but our guilty secret is that travel is one of the laziest ways on earth of passing the time. Paul Theroux
George Grosz quote: "It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing..."
It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsing culture. George Grosz
People always ask me if I hate the nuns. Do I make my movies extra dirty to piss them off? I always say no, that's not the point. To a Catholic, a movie is only dirty if it makes you want to have sex more. If it makes you feel sick, disgusted, ashamed of your own body, then it's not a dirty movie at all. It's a Catholic movie. And I make very Catholic movies. Kevin Smith
Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people. Ruth Handler
Bobby Flay quote: "When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!"
When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts! Bobby Flay