"Whatever you say, say nothing."

-- Colum McCann

“I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.”
“So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.”

Source : "Naoto Kan: 'Japan has lost its vigor'". www.cnn.com. November 17, 2010.
“The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe themselves, and advise most with their falsest flatterer and worst enemy--their own self-love.”
“A great artist transforms our world, removes scales from our eyes, plugs from our ears, gloves from our fingertips and teaches us to perceive reality differently.”

Source : "John Edgar Wideman Against the World" by Thomas Chatterton Williams, www.nytimes.com. January 26, 2017.
“People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.”
“Human destiny is an episode between two oblivions.”
“I won't look it in the eye. As soon as I do, I get scared. You gotta walk the plank at some point, but at first you gotta put blinders on or you'll overthink things. I think it's dangerous, by the way, to do a lot of talks about your art, to do so much talking and so little making. You get the wrong idea about yourself.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract.”

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