"... what is important is not so much what people see in the gallery or the museum, but what people see after looking at these things, how they confront reality again. Really great art regenerates the perception of reality; the reality becomes richer, better or not, just different."

-- Gabriel Orozco

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“You realize that for all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and goes to work.”
“When you want something badly enough, you will develop the confidence and the ability to overcome any obstacle in your way.”
“How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point?”
“Kindness is a universal language regardless of age, nationality or religion.”
“As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like older and wiser and respect your elders, promoting age as something to be cherished and respected.”
“And that's when I realised that a mans' ego was like fruit; easily bruised...”
“I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.”
“Niko caught my hand and slapped it lightly down on the bar. â€œPistol whipping elderly women isnâ€™t precisely our mission statement, Cal.â€ I hadnâ€™t been going to pistol-whip her. Yell at her a little more, then pick her up and toss her out into the street. Some risk of a broken hip there, but that wasnâ€™t pistol-whippingâ€¦ unless she tried to come back in.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2010). “Roadkill: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.25, Penguin

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