"We resist mindlessness of any kind. Again, drugs, like television, are fine for other people. The more enslaved they are, the easier it is for us, as long as they stay out of our way. Whether itâ€™s through religiously-imposed ignorance, spectator sports, crack, pot, coke, heroinâ€”or the consumer insecurities imposed by the almighty Tubeâ€”itâ€™s fine with us as long as it keeps sheep more docile and easily contained. That doesnâ€™t mean we have to subject ourselves to it. Military generals donâ€™t step out on the missile range and volunteer as targets for the latest prototype weapons"

-- Blanche Barton

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“The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised at the top of a mountain trail, the basketball player with the rough skin of the ball against his palm preparing for a foul shot, the tennis player at set point over his opponent--all of them savoring a moment before committing themselves to action.”

Source : George Plimpton (1994). “The Best of Plimpton”, p.48, Atlantic Monthly Press
“We make assertions and denials of what is next to [the Divine Nature], but never of It, for It is both beyond every assertion, being the perfect and unique cause of all things, and, by virtue of Its preeminently simple and absolute nature, free of every limitation, beyond every limitation; it is also beyond every denial.”
“It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture.”

Source : Ford Madox Ford (2012). “Parade's End”, p.5, Vintage
“I do have an older brother! But you know, he and I have always gotten along. We've always had different aspirations.”
“I've died so many times in so many movies. What is it about my face that people want to kill it? I'm sure they would've killed Kitty Farmer if they could've!”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“The hurt gets worse as the heart grows harder.”
“Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction", www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.”

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