"What will be / the sacred words?"

-- Amiri Baraka

“The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds.”
“When you hear the music of these celebrated Dutch superstar-DJs nowadays... my God, I wouldn't even feed their music to my dog. I don't consider that to be my sort of dance music.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“...pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it.”
“With every kind of birth control available in the world, abortion is not something to be proud of. If you need an abortion, you've failed.”

Source : "Conservativism and Feminism Combined - Tammy Bruce, an Openly Gay, Pro-Choice, Pro-Clinton, Pro-Bush Conservative, Defies Labels". Columbia Spectator, April 06, 2005.
“It's very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it's fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring.”
“People who believe in a divine creator, trying to live their lives in obedience to his supposed wishes and in expectation of a supposed eternal reward, are victims of the greatest confidence trick of all time.”
“I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.”

Source : Interview with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. December 19, 2008.
“Imaginary testing is unreliable, and in many cases, it's a huge waste of time and energy. In truth you just don't know what will happen until you try. You may start a business, and it could take off in ways no one could predict. Or it could be a complete failure. You could ask for a date and end up with the partner of your dreams. Or you could be rejected cold. It's great to visualize what you want, but you never really know what's going to happen until you act.”

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