"Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos."

-- George Eliot

#Thinking Quotes #Guilt Quotes #Grit Quotes

“I'm not that interested in what people make of it, or how people consider me. That's nothing to do with me.”
“Americans spend more money on music than on sex or prescription drugs”
“My advice to those who which to learn the art of scientific prophesy is not to rely on abstract reason, but to decipher the secret language of Nature from Nature's documents: the facts of experience.”
“The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.”

Source : Tahir Shah (2013). “In Search of King Solomon's Mines, paperback edition”, p.236, Lulu.com
“He was tall and scrawny with a face that could be mistaken with Keith Richards on a bad day.”
“I never really went to any concerts that I wasn't in.”

Source : "From the Vaults: Slick Rick, circa 98-99". Interview with Adisa Banjoko, allhiphop.com. March 1, 2005.
“Art matters. It is not simply a leisure activity for the privileged or a hobby for the eccentric. It is a practical good for the world. The work of the artist is an expression of hope - it is homage to the value of human life, and it is vital to society. Art is a sacred expression of human creativity that shares the same ontological ground as all human work. Art, along with all work is the ordering of creation toward the intention of the creator.”
“A misfit like me getting anywhere in Hollywood as I somehow have, seemed, certainly at the time of 'Spanking The Monkey,' kind of out of reach, or not a very realistic take.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. November 21, 2007.

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