"The best things in life aren't things."

--

Art Buchwald

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“When did it become the law of the land that the Supreme Court has the final say on anything? They cannot have the final say on anything. The American people have the final say on anything.”
“America's a funny place. Every time I've come over it just feels absolutely gigantic and massive. I've always had good shows there, but I just go and come back, feeling like another singer/songwriter in a sea of thousands of singer/songwriters. I don't really know what "breaking it in America" is or means. I just focus on touring day-by-day, and show-by-show, and see where it goes.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“There is only one positive role of the Nobel prize--it creates some common way to understand a writer. I cannot say, that I like this situation, but that's the way it goes. The books are being born and then walk around the world, just as children do.”
“Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.”
“I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”
“Don't be ashamed of your own ideas. Most musicians get applauded for sounding like someone else.”
“What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.”
“To ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne'er come down again.”

Source : Mary Howitt (1834). “Sketches of natural history”, p.123

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