"One thought alone preoccupies the submerged mind of Empire: how not to end, how not to die, how to prolong its era. By day it pursues its enemies. It is cunning and ruthless, it sends its bloodhounds everywhere. By night it feeds on images of disaster: the sack of cities, the rape of populations, pyramids of bones, acres of desolation."

-- J. M. Coetzee

#Night Quotes #Cities Quotes #Pyramids Quotes

“Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.”
“When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that.”
“It kind of struck me how great it would be to go out with a guy that size. And if you, you know, got tired of dating him, you could always use him as a house or something.”
“Not every painter has a gift for painting, in fact, many painters are disappointed when they meet with difficulties in art. Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind. The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting...”

Source : "The Quotable Artist". Book by Peggy Hadden, p. 71, 2002.
“You belong somewhere you feel free.”

Source : Song: Wildflowers, Album: Wildflowers, 1994
“I think that what happens is that all of my modern influences blend together with the older soul influences and you get Mayer Hawthorne.”
“Think of the man who first tried German sausage.”
“I didn't care at all about losing, but I just didn't want Emerson to feel bad, You know, I didn't win, but Felicity won, and when you come to the set next time, you can give her a big congratulations.”

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