"That rewriting of literary history is most obvious in the case of The Yage Letters, where I was able to show that the true history inverts the official one."

-- Oliver Harris

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“Relationship Principle 6 Men see how you dress, and then make assumptions about your relationship potential.”
“I always assume that nothing that I make is going to be a success, that everything I make is going to be a failure - not a failure but not some huge box- office success. If something is an artistic success, I'll be happy, but I'll maybe be the only person that's happy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The question of good and evil will always be one of philosophy's most intriguing problems, up there with the problem of existence itself...If evil means to be self motivated, to be the center of one's own universe, to live on one's own terms, then every artist, every thinker, every original mind, is evil. Because we dare to look through our own eyes rather than mouth cliches lent us from the so-called Fathers. To dare to see is to steal fire from the Gods. This is mankind's destiny, the engine with fuels us as a race.”
“In a way then, the Divine Principle, this new revelation, is the documentary of my life. It is my own life experience. The Divine Principle is in me, and I am in the Divine Principle.”
“The drys seemingly are afraid of the truth. Why not take inventory and ascertain the true conditions. Let us not leave it to the charge of an antiprohibition organization, or to any other private association, let us have an official survey and let the American people know what is going on. A complete and honest and impartial survey would reveal incredible conditions....”
“First, the probable cause of AIDS has been found: a variant of a known human cancer virus. Second, not only has the agent been identified, but a new process has been developed to mass produce this virus. Thirdly, with the discovery of both the virus and this new process, we now have a blood test for AIDS. With a blood test, we can identify AIDS victims with essentially 100% certainty.”
“Being a musician is a noble profession.”

Source : "Paul Weller: I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me" by Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2010.
“I like Mercedes because my wife has been in two big accidents and emerged without a scratch, thanks to the safety of these cars.”

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