"Economics becomes redundant if it can rationalise an exchange that sells the future of humankind."

-- Andrew Simms

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“It's only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.”
“The entire 'my art is better than your art' thing really gets under my skin. The fact of the matter is: Your art IS better than my art... at being what it is. So what? It just so happens that my art is better than your art, at being what it is.”
“You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.”

Source : Jodi Picoult (2001). “Salem Falls”, p.299, Simon and Schuster
“Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.”
“When I'm on tour, I'll just fly the family out, I'll put 'em on the bus with me. They don't have to be there the whole time, but if I'm gone a certain amount of time, you know I'm definitely gonna fly them out. And then a lotta times when I'm home, I do spot dates and stuff on the weekends, because I always want spend quality time with the family. Family at the end of the day is everything, and I value that.”

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“The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people's miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered more. Pain and loss, like love and joy, are unique and personal; they cannot be modified by comparison to others.”
“Midsummer Night was roasting hot. The shore, of red granite, glowed with the heat; the dark blood of the earth seemed to be rising from below. There was a sharp, unbearable smell of birds, of cod, of green decaying seaweed. Through the mist the huge ruddy sun loomed nearer and nearer. And in the sea, dark blood welled up to meet it - in bloated, rearing, huge white waves. Night. The mouth of the bay between two cliffs was like a window. A window shutting out curious eyes with a white shade-white woolly fog. And all that you could see was that behind it something red was happening. (The North)”
“When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there.”

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