"The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience."

-- Walter Darby Bannard

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“I could not see the speedometer, and was not accustomed to travelling in an open vehicle, but I estimated that we were consistently exceeding the speed limit. Discordant sound, wind, risk of deathâ€”I tried to assume the mental state that I used at the dentist.”

Source : Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.93, Simon and Schuster
“I didn't get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one.”
“Even though she's dealing with a scar, Emily just carries on with life. It's not a big deal. While we were shooting the scene, I tried it different ways. I tried it where I was hiding my face, and Chris [Weitz] was like, "Let's try it where she doesn't care," and that's who she is. She doesn't care what anybody else thinks.”
“Have you ever noticed the softness of a kitten's feet? - they are like raspberries to hold in one's hand.”

Source : Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1924). “The Little French Girl”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company
“We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals.”
“If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.”
“The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.”

Source : Robyn Davidson (2012). “Tracks”, p.254, A&C Black
“The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard.”

Source : "Money And Class In America: Notes And Observations On Our Civil Religion" by Lewis H. Lapham, (Chapter 6, The Precarious Eden, p. 151), 1989.

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