"My father mainly liked writers. His friends were writers. He wanted to find the writing. That was his main frustration I think."

-- Stephen Humphrey Bogart

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“Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace. It thus repudiates the doctrine of Pacifism - born of a renunciation of the struggle and an act of cowardice in the face of sacrifice. War alone brings up to its highest tension all human energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have courage to meet it.”
“You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming.”
“A heart makes a good home for the friend.”

Source : Yunus Emre (1989). “The Drop that Became the Sea: Lyric Poems of Yunus Emre”, Shambhala Publications
“Cities, in many ways, are the best repositories for a love affair. You are in a forest or a cornfield, you are walking by the seashore, footprint after footprint of trodden sand, and somehow the kiss or the spoken covenant gets lost in the vastness and indifference of nature. In a city there are places to remind us of what has been.”
“My bedtime was 8 P.M. But on Cosby nights, I got to stay up until 8:30. Real big deal. This is when they could afford to do a completely different title sequence in TV every year. I always looked forward to that. It was like a mini musical at the top of the show. My favorite was the Top Hat fancy version.”
“As a retailer, I would ask the customer, "What is it you want in life?" Whatever answer they give, I would help them to say the correct answer, or the most effective answer, for anyone - feeling good.”
“I actually believe in simplicity as a way of life. My wife and I are considering moving into a yurt!”

Source : Joseph Monninger (2010). “Eternal on the Water”, p.354, Simon and Schuster
“At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.”

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