"I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor."

-- Boutros Boutros-Ghali

“To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.”

Source : "Jitterbug Perfume". Book by Tom Robbins, 1984.
“I like it when every pitch counts. There are a lot of people who see it as a negative, but I try to feed off it.”
“The brains of a pedant however full, are vacant.”
“If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not?”
“I think every single imperfection adds to your beauty. I'd rather be imperfect than perfect.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Though the immediate impression of rebellion may obscure the fact, the task of authentic literature is nevertheless only conceivable in terms of a desire for fundamental communication with the reader.”
“She makes one happy, then miserable. You are to her kind, then unkind. Constant yet inconstant. Thus we have WOMAN. No real man can do without her.”
“All religious vows, codes, and commitments are null & void herein. Please refrain from contaminating the ideosphere with harmful memes through prayer, reverence, holy books, proselytizing, prophesying, faith, speaking in tongues or spirituality. Fight the menace of second-hand faith! Humanity sincerely thanks you!”

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