"I am a loner by nature, and then I'm a writer, which makes me twice a loner."

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Gustavo Perez Firmat

“It will be readily admitted that brown tints have never coursed beneath our skin; it will be discovered that yellow shines forth in our flesh, that red blazes, and that green, blue and violet dance upon it with untold charms, voluptuous and caressing.”
“I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.”
“Liberal relativism has its roots in the natural right tradition of tolerance or in the notion that everyone has a natural right to the pursuit of happiness as he understands happiness; but in itself it is a seminary of intolerance.”

Source : Leo Strauss (1953). “Natural Right and History”, p.6, University of Chicago Press
“I want everyone in the Republican party who opposed me to know this: you are welcome to join this people's crusade. Come aboard. You are both welcome and needed. If we unite, we'll win - and we'll rebuild New York.”
“If you treat your subject with seriousness and respect, other people tend to treat it the same way.”
“I always try to work with people who are better than me, so I can learn more.”
“I've always felt at home in the Church. Catholics are often more laid back than they are given credit for - presumably because at the back of their minds they realize that, if necessary, they can always confess everything to their local priest.”

Source : "Out on the Right: On Being Gay, Conservative and Catholic". Interview with Markus Feldenkirchen and René Pfister, www.spiegel.de. November 23, 2012.
“Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem.”

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