"There are as many loves as there are hearts."

-- Leo Tolstoy

“I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that”
“Most people haven't got a point of view; they need to have it given to themâ€“â€“and what's more, they expect it from you.”

Source : Diana Vreeland (1984). “D.V.”, Alfred A. Knopf
“I like pressure. If I am not on the edge of failure, I'm not being sufficiently challenged.”
“Instead of a weak and vacillating Government, a single, purposeful, energetic personality is ruling today.”
“Maybe it’s animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes, the mildness of anteaters. Perhaps being human needs some diluting.”

Source : Carol Emshwiller (2004). “Carmen Dog”, p.158, Small Beer Press
“'Live each day as if it is your last,' said Mahatma Gandhi. 'Learn as if you'll live forever.' This is what I'm passionate about. It is precisely this. It is this inextinguishable, undaunted appetite for learning and experience, no matter how risible, no matter how esoteric, no matter how seditious it might seem.”
“When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'”
“You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.”

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