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“You fall in love with people's minds.”
Source : "Fictional character: Hugo Guiler". "Henry & June", www.imdb.com. 1990. 
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“I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, Giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy: I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.”
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“A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn't ability that counts, but authority.”
Source : Barry Hughart (2011). “The Story of the Stone”, p.73, Spectra
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“You must fill every inch of your body with the asana from your chest and arms and legs to the tips of your fingers and toes so that the asana radiates from the core of your body and fills the entire diameter and circumference of your limbs. You must feel your intelligence, your awareness, and your consciousness in every inch of your body.”
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“Obviously it's easier to grow faster when you are a less developed country than when you are where the U.S. is.”
Source : "The age of illusion". Interview with Jake Blumgart, www.origin.salon.com. June 30, 2012.
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“Guilty as hell. Free as a bird. America is a great country.”
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“I asked my date what she wanted to drink. She said, 'Oh, I guess I'll have Champagne.' I said, 'Guess again.'”
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“To tell the truth I cannot call my childhood bad. In your childhood you can't compare things: one eats carrots, one eats candy, both taste good. As a child you cannot tell the difference.”
Source : "Inside the hidden world of Roman's empire". Interview with David Smith, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2006.
