"There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine. Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is The gain of the one at the top, For art is a form of catharsis, And love is a permanent flop, And work is the province of cattle, And rest's for a clam in a shell, So I'm thinking of throwing the battle - Would you kindly direct me to hell?"

-- Dorothy Parker

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“People who know me know that theres a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.”
“Racism, specifically, is the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.”
“I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.”

Source : Interview with Kate Ayers, www.bookreporter.com. February 8, 2002.
“That was madness. You're never going to bring one of those down with a handgun.”
“By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime.”
“A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”

Source : "Essays of Three Decades". Book by Thomas Mann, 1942.
“He who honestly instructs reverences God.”
“I think itâ€™s important to have a good hard failure when you're young. I learned a lot out of that. Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you. Because of it Iâ€™ve never had any fear in my whole life when weâ€™ve been near collapse and all of that. Iâ€™ve never been afraid. Iâ€™ve never had the feeling I couldnâ€™t walk out and get a job doing something.”

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