"I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence."

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Source : Christopher Hampton (2014). “Christopher Hampton Plays 1: Total Eclipse; The Philanthropist; Savages; Treats”, p.120, Faber & Faber

Christopher Hampton

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“The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have.”
“I don't care if you love me or not. I'll love you anyway.”
“My family is everything to me.”

Source : Tiki Barber, Gil Reavill (2008). “Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond”, p.45, Simon and Schuster
“I've got a lot that I want to do, so I would like to expand my empire, for sure. I love it.”
“Every work of art reaches man in his inner powers. It reaches him more profoundly and insidiously than any rational proposition, either cogent demonstration or sophistry. For it strikes him with two terrible weapons, Intuition and Beauty, and at the single root in him of all his energies... Art and Poetry awaken the dreams of man, and his longings, and reveal to him some of the abysses he has in himself.”
“Those persons are happiest in this restless and mutable world who are in love with change, who delight in what is new simply because it differs from what is old; who rejoice in every innovation, and find a strange alert pleasure in all that is, and that has never been before.”
“Shift your frame of reference. Realise that all you see around you, Âthe reality we perceiveÂ, is a small stage upon which you act, and within it is an inner spaciousness that is infinite. Let's now explore the infinite.”
“Spiritual warfare is the unseen battle God wages on your behalf.”

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