"If something is good, you must torture it mercilessly until it is either dead or great."

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Brian Eno

#Torture Quotes

“I view askance a book that remains undisturbed for a year. Oughtn't it to have a ticket of leave? I think I may safely say no bookin my library remains unopened a year at a time, except my own works and Tennyson's.”
“I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have interest in me.”
“Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.”
“I may not get a hit, but you'll see me playing hard. You see my outs, they will be quality outs.”
“The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.'”
“Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.”
“We can enhance democracy by making it in line with its original vision. Read the dollar bill - E pluribus unum, out of many, one; novus ordo seclorum, a new order of the ages. That's democracy.”
“It will be most pleasing to O[ur] L[ord] if you husband your strength in order to serve Him better.”

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