"Of course witnessing poverty was the first to be ticked off the list. Then I had to graduate to the more obscure stuff. Being in a riot was something I pursued with a truly obsessive zeal, along with being tear-gassed and hearing gunshots fired in anger."

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Source : Alex Garland (2005). “The Beach”, p.126, Penguin

Alex Garland

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“Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.”
“It is not love, or morality, or international law that determines the outcome of world affairs, but the changing distribution of organized force”

Source : William Woodruff (1998). “A Concise History of the Modern World: 1500 to the Present”, p.1, Springer
“The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game.”

Source : José Raúl Capablanca (1921). “Chess Fundamentals”, Harcourt
“The creative process is just a process and you can't really separate it from life. Growing your hair is a creative process. Your body is creating hair. Being alive is a creative process. Whether it's growing something in the garden or growing a song, the material accumulates. It's the process of being alive; it's the passage of time. Things change.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect.”
“The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.”
“The Spirit is not given to make Bible study needless, but to make it effective.”
“The man who pauses in his honesty wants little of a villain.”

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