"I believe the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped."

-- Fyodor Dostoevsky

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“The President and first lady did hold a private party at the White House over the weekend, but given the private nature of that event, I don't have a lot of details to discuss from here.”

Source : "The Obamas had a secret party at the White House with Prince, Stevie Wonder" by Kristen Holmes, www.cnn.com. June 15, 2015.
“Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather than by adapting to them. If the British left, which she froze into immobility like Medusa, could bring itself to learn from this, then we might not have to look upon her like again.”
“We are made of star-stuff. Our bodies are made of star-stuff. There are pieces of star within us all.”
“Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.”

Source : "Art in a Word". Documentary by Vera Baghiroli, QOOB TV, July 22, 2008.
“If I never had any mental health issues, there's no doubt in my mind I'd still be playing,”
“Some may wonder why I chose wildflowers when there are hunger and unemployment and the big bomb in the world. Well, I, for one, think we will survive, and I hope that along the way we can keep alive our experience with the flowering earth. For the bounty of nature is also one of the deep needs of man.”
“Personally, I don't think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we've got great digital effects now but... where are the visionaries?”
“I don't like people who take drugs... Customs men for example.”

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