"The effect of reading literary non-fiction that matters most to me is when the coin drops, and this happens in the company of the great, mercuric, encyclopedic minds: Empson, Kenneth Burke, Northrop Frye."

-- Paul Fry

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“I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it.”
“Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City.”
“I felt a huge drive to make clothes that everybody could have because I felt ostracized by that world of beauty and fashion. I never thought I would have a part in it. Never in a million years.”

Source : "J. Crew's famous creative director is leaving the brand after 26 years" by Mary Hanbury, www.businessinsider.com. April 3, 2017.
“I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.”
“Though it`s a small price to pay, shaving my head has opened more doors than I ever thought possible.”
“Cut my pie into four pieces, I donâ€™t think I could eat eight.”
“I was trained in the Society of the Inner Light. Now that requires that you spend a certain amount of time in meditation, it also requires that you spend this time in early morning, because they say you're closer to the sleep state at that point.”

Source : Interview with Mark Stavish, www.servantsofthelight.org. June 10, 1996.
“If the level and amount of consumption and waste of the western rich countries ever reaches the poor countries, it will mean the end of humanity. The big world corporations are busy doing it...The production, selling, consumption, accumulation, wastes' and advertisement explosions in the western rich countries and the continued population explosion in the poor countries will turn into major catastrophes.”

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