"When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one thatâ€™s in color. These words in color are a part of ourselves, because we give them a meaning. If you like, we give them a third dimension."

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Source : "Nous les artistes: Jacques Brel". www.imdb.com. 1979.

Jacques Brel

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“A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in England until 1611, and even then they weren't meant for eating but just to hold the meat still while you hacked at it with your knife.”
“Music is enough of an expression that it doesn't really matter what the words are or what language it's in.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was grasshoppers. I passed around a large jar of these insects, and made every teacher take one and hold it while I was speaking. If any one dropped the insect, I stopped till he picked it up. This was at that time a great innovation, and excited much laughter and derision. There can be no true progress in the teaching of natural science until such methods become general.”
“I have always read all my reviews, the bad along with the good (although you remember the bad much more than the good!). I am just too curious to see how it's playing with the audience, and I have a thick-enough skin to handle the less charitable assessments.”

Source : "‘The Man in the High Castle’ producer Frank Spotnitz on his Amazon pilot". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. February 2, 2015.
“Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.”
“Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage.”
“The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy.”

Source : "The Big Idea: Creating Shared Value" by Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 28, 2011.
“Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized”

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