"The man I am will always raise a protest against the man I wanted to be and the two will live together to the end, but the man I wanted to be will be the one on whom judgement will be passed."

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Source : Julien Green (1964). “Diary, 1928-1957”, London, Collins

Julien Green

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“For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.”
“Success is like dealing with your kid or teaching your wife to drive. Sooner or later you'll end up in the police station.”
“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”

Source : IRC discussion with Gentry Lee at Sci Fi Channel, November 1, 1996.
“I don't know anyone in the public eye who has not made a mistake and said something in a manner that does not truly reflect their intentions.”

Source : "Lott apologizes anew for comments", www.cnn.com. December 14, 2002.
“Let your mind alone, and see what happens.”
“The Ocaina and many of the other indigenous peoples of the Amazon were nearly wiped out during the rubber boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Outsiders came into the jungle, enslaved the tribes to harvest the rubber and killed those that resisted.”

Source : "'Serpent' Film Explores, Revives Lost Cultural Knowledge For Colombians". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Tom Cole, www.npr.org. February 21, 2016.
“Exterminate the 50 million Vietnamese and purify the masses of the [Cambodian] people.”
“I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can't remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I've become an artist. I've become the artist.”

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