"It was a race between the tortoise and the hare, but the tortoise had just enough head start, and he had the magus to drag him along."

-- Megan Whalen Turner

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“Whatever fosters the growth of civilization works at the same time against war.”
“SST was formed to put out the first Black Flag record. Basically, there wasn't anyone else to do it. I felt that what I was doing with Black Flag was very worthwhile, and I wanted to get it out there.”
“Then when I reached college I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods.”
“The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.”

Source : Said in 1983. "The Pacific Rim and the Western World: Strategic, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives". Book edited by Philip West, Frans A.M. Alting von Geusau, p. 105, 1987.
“I used humor to avoid being picked on as a kid. Or I would try and make my parents laugh, so I wouldn't get in trouble. But as a kid, I would watch Flip Wilson and I would memorize his whole routine, listen to Bill Cosby's records constantly, Steve Martin, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball. I just drank that stuff up and loved it.”

Source : "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.
“When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.”
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”

Source : William Styron, James L. W. West (1985). “Conversations with William Styron”, p.12, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I believe that the definition of luck is when preparation meets with opportunity.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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