"There are cultures in which it is believed that a name contains all a persons mystical power. That a name should be known only to God and to the person who holds it and to very few privileged others. To pronounce such a name either ones own or someone else's is to invite jeopardy. This it seemed was such a name."

-- Diane Setterfield

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“Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.”

Source : "Transforming the World through Art". Academy of Achievement Interview, June 3, 2006.
“A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.”
“Nothing in this world came out of satisfaction. Except the human race.”

Source : Josephine Tey (1997). “Brat Farrar”, p.179, Simon and Schuster
“Counter to the public's thinking, the celebrities who attract the largest number of stalkers - and typically it's not "if" a celebrity has a stalker, it's "how many" - are neither the most glamorous nor obnoxious, but rather the ones who seem the sweetest and most wholesome. They appear approachable.”
“Being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on.”
“The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia.”

Source : Kelly Miller (1919). “Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights: An Intensely Human and Brilliant Account of the World War; why American Entered the Conflict; what the Allies Fought For; and a Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the Tragic Defeat of Germany ...”
“When I am trying to understand the method of winning in the endgame with two bishops against the knight, chess is a science, when I admire a beautiful combination or study, then chess is art, and when I am complicating position in the approaching time trouble of my opponent, then chess is sport.”

Source : S'pore Chess News, September 07, 2010.
“I just like doing a lot of different things. People need a reason to get their butts out of bed and do something.”

Source : Source: m.bleacherreport.com

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