"We must have books for recreation and entertainment, as well as books for instruction and for business; the former are agreeable, the latter useful, and the human mind requires both. The cannon law and the codes of Justinian shall have due honor, and reign at the universities; but Homer and Virgil need not therefore be banished. We will cultivate the olive and the vine, but without eradicating the myrtle and the rose."

-- Honore de Balzac

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“And it seems to me correct then, and I think it's correct now, that job one is get the planning done, make sure the buses are there. When that's done, it's completely appropriate to go around and tour around and look at the damage.”
“African-Americans want to be safe in their community, like any other nationality that lives in America. They don't want to be robbed. They don't want to be beat. They don't want to be shot down in their neighborhoods, whether it's by police officers or people who live there.”
“I've been a biker, I've been a convict, I've been a husband, father, and son.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I do not deny that I have made drawings and watercolors of an erotic nature. But they are always works of art. Are there no artists who have done erotic pictures?”

Source : Egon Schiele (1960). “Egon Shiele: 1890-1918 : [Institute of Contemporary Art Exhibition]”
“How hard would it be to ask children what they see in their heads? How big should the house be in comparison to the family standing in front of it? What is it about the anatomy of the people that doesn't look right? Then let them try it again. Teach them to learn how to see and ask questions.”
“The placing of the center pawns determines the 'topography' of a game of chess.”
“Andy Harp'sÂ RETRIBUTIONÂ is a stunner: Â a blow to the gut and shot of adrenaline. Â Here is a novel written with authentic authority and bears shocking relevance to the dangers of today. Â It reminds me of Tom Clancy at his finest. Put this novel on your must-read list-anything by Harp is now on mine.”
“I don't condemn anyone for making their choices. If someone chooses those roles, fine. But not for me. When someone stops me and says, You're the reason I became an actress, that lets me know I made the right decision”

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