"He who comes from the kitchen, smells of its smoke; and he who adheres to a sect, has something of its cant; the college air pursues the student; and dry inhumanity him who herds with literary pedants."

-- Johann Kaspar Lavater

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“The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you breathe it in, you eat and drink it. It is sifted so fine, it doesn't even grit on your teeth. But stand still for an instant and there it is, coating your face and hands.”

Source : Georges Bernanos, Rémy Rougeau (2002). “The Diary of a Country Priest”, p.2, Da Capo Press
“Some people think I am an issue-oriented writer, but I've never said to myself, I'm gong to write about such-and-such an issue - that would make for incredibly boring writing, at least to my taste. Creating someone I don't know and her made-up world shows us more about who we are - is actually a better mirror - than if I were to parade in front of you an instantly recognizable person in an instantly recognizable situation. I'm not saying, Let's make it all abstract and weird and difficult and thereby you will know more about yourself. My process is much more organic than that.”
“There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas.”
“An Atheist in Alabama is one that doesn't believe in Bear Bryant.”
“If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.”

Source : "On my radar: Nile Rodgers". Interview with Ellie Bothwell, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2013.
“We need to take on the teachers' union once and for all.”
“Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendships and intimacies â€¦ and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will by the roadside, expecting them to "keep" by force of mere inertia.”
“There is no sport as competitive as business. It's 24 by 7 by 365 by forever.”

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