"That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life."

-- Maurice Sendak

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“Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.”

Source : James Garner, Jon Winokur, Julie Andrews (2012). “The Garner Files: A Memoir”, p.98, Simon and Schuster
“In the Java world, security is not viewed as an add-on a feature. It is a pervasive way of thinking. Those who forget to think in a secure mindset end up in trouble. But just because the facilities are there doesn't mean that security is assured automatically. A set of standard practices has evolved over the years. The Secure Coding Standard for Java is a compendium of these practices. These are not theoretical research papers or product marketing blurbs. This is all serious, mission-critical, battle-tested, enterprise-scale stuff.”
“The worst of revolutions is a restoration.”

Source : Speech to the House of Commons, December 10, 1785.
“My goal is to show everyone that they, too, can do what they love to do.”
“You may be embarrassed about the way you looked and the wacky clothes you wore when you were young, but normally, at least it's hidden in a box in the attic.”
“When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.”
“Some authors have what amounts to a metaphysical approach. They admit to inspiration. Sudden and unaccountable urgencies to writecatapult them out of sleep and bed. For myself, I have never awakened to jot down an idea that was acceptable the following morning.”
“The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent.”

Source : Thomas E. Sniegoski (2012). “The Fallen: The Fallen 1; The Fallen 2; The Fallen 3”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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