"When two texts, or two assertions, perhaps two ideas, are in contradiction, be ready to reconcile them rather than cancel one by the other; regard them as two different facets, or two successive stages, of the same reality, a reality convincingly human just because it is too complex."

-- Marguerite Yourcenar

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“The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose us.”
“We all do things we desperately wish we could undo. Those regrets just become part of who we are, along with everything else. To spend time trying to change that, well, it's like chasing clouds.”
“No one ever taught me and I can't teach anyone. If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it.”
“Artists should not look to the left or the right. Art should be strong and nonconformist - and most importantly, art should always be personal.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.”
“The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. ... The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.”

Source : Proposals for a New Law Code, 1768.
“I love the sound of snow... You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The sound] is only minimal, not even a real noise: a breath, a trifle of a sound. You have the same thing in music: if in the score there is a pianissimo marked that ends in nothing. Up thee you can feel this 'nothing'. With an orchestra it is very difficult to achieve it. The Berlin Philharmonic manage it sometimes.”
“In high school, I definitely fancied myself an intense guy, which is so lame.”

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