"No man is uninteresting when his hat is blown off and he has to scuttle after it down the street."

-- Robert Wilson Lynd

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“Introducing a spelling test to a student by saying, 'Let's see how many words you know,' is different from saying, 'Let's see how many words you know already.' It is only one word, but the already suggests that any words the child knows are ahead of expectation and, most important, that there is nothing permanent about what is known and not known.”
“True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin.”
“I am half a man, holy Jesus, what a drag.”
“The sentence completes its signification only with its last term.”

Source : Jacques Lacan, Alan Sheridan (1980). “Écrits: a selection”
“I would point out that if you're a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of climate change and that certainly wasn't because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy.”
“Something of the severe hath always been appertaining to order and to grace; and the beauty that is not too liberal is sought the most ardently, and loved the longest.”
“Wearing a breathable fabric is the most important thing for me. I also love to keep it simple and keep the number of garments Im wearing ideally at one (a sundress for example), and then add some great jewelry.”

Source : "All-American Beauty Hilary Rhoda Gives Up Her Style Secrets". Interview with Kerry Pieri, www.harpersbazaar.com. June 19, 2012.
“'White Rabbit' was mostly done in about two days, the music in about half an hour. The music is a 'Bolero' rip-off and the lyrics a rearrangement of 'Alice in Wonderland.' You take two spectacular hits and throw them together, and it's hard to miss.”

Source : Interview with Mary Campbell, articles.latimes.com. January 01, 1993.

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