"When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work."

-- Jean Cocteau

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“It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or six times a day. As election day approaches, the size of the crowds grows; they are more responsive and more interested; and one derives a certain exhilaration from that which, only a few weeks before, was intensely painful. This is one possible explanation of unlimited debate in the Senate.”
“The sexiest thing about a bikini is that it leaves something to the imagination, which is the best part.”
“The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.”
“Get thee glass eyes, and like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not.”
“When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.”
“late news was suicide of w:Jan Masaryk - In my view, Jan Masaryk was thoroughly corrupt, who bumped himself off because he saw at last where his moral cowardice and ideological 'Playboyery' had led him. I vividly remember visiting him in Washington, fat, slightly tight, coming into the room looking like a broken-down butler with his master, the little Communist, Clementis, [-] and saying in a loud voice -'Has anyone seen an Iron Curtain? I haven't.' Well, he has now.”
“In terms of the 'S' word, that does not enter my mind. And it never has done. In terms of An Attempt. Because I am stronger than that. I might be a weak person, but I can take pain.”

Source : "Manic's Depressive". NME, October 1, 1994.
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