"There are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty."

-- Marguerite Yourcenar

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“I've been so blessed to work with the people I have.”
“I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common I discovered they had many similar elements: harmonic rhythm, placement of the chord changes, choice of harmonic progressions, similar instrumentation, vocal phrases, drum fills, content, even the timbre of the lead solo voice. I decided to write a song that incorporated all these elements in one record.”
“I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph”
“Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error.”
“I believe that we as the leader of the Free World must provide important leadership on the ethical parameters, the ethical constraints that this research requires.”
“I was created in love. For that reason nothing can express my beauty nor liberate me except love alone.”

Source : Sue Woodruff, Mechthild (of Magdeburg) (1982). “Meditations with Mechtild of Magdeburg”, Bear & Co
“To those who voted for me, thank you. And to those who didn't, better luck next year!”
“Republicans should save the clip of Jonathan Gruber and run it over and over again in the run-up to the 2016 election. This attitude that government is better at making decisions than you are because you are too stupid to know what is good for you is a hallmark of patronizing, arrogant and condescending liberalism.”

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