"The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death."

“I grew up on rap and hip-hop and fell into dance music. Hip-hop died down, and I moved more into dance music, disco and house. It feels very natural. My rhythm growing up on hip-hop and R&B was cool, fresh, and I feel comfortable with it.”

“As club captain all I want to do is help us get back up the table and into the Champions League.”

“As I look back over my mountains of growth and compare them to the molehills where I stagnated, community often made the difference.”

“Let me be clear: Any new approach must ensure the integrity of the game. One of my most important responsibilities as commissioner of the NBA is to protect the integrity of professional basketball and preserve public confidence in the league and our sport. I oppose any course of action that would compromise these objectives. But I believe that sports betting should be brought out of the underground and into the sunlight where it can be appropriately monitored and regulated”

“... in the midst of death life persists ...”

“Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.”

Source : Margot Fonteyn (1979). “The magic of dance”, British Broadcasting Corp.

“The madhouse is in a lot of places, not just a hospital, not just a palace, but also a pattern woven from threads so fine that no one can distinguish them, neither the Emperor nor the children, neither you nor I.”

“Several children present me with scraps of paper for autographs: obviously don't know who I am and don't care. I sign "Jackie Collins" and they go away quite content.”