"There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it inâ€”that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies. I scarcely ever do."

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Source : Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.84, Xist Publishing

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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“Sometimes we want what we want even if we know itâ€™s going to kill us.”
“I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are full of algorithms, so a lot of people are going to want to make art that's like an algorithm. But my language is painting, and painting is the opposite of that. There's something primal about it. It's innate, the need to make marks. That's why, when you're a child, you scribble.”

Source : "Jenny Saville: 'I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies'" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. June 9, 2012.
“We take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious. Indeed we have witnessed . . . the 'iconization' of the life of Jesus: 'This is a Jesus of hieratic, stereotyped gestures, all representing theological themes. In this way, the life of Jesus is no longer a human life, submerged in history, but a theological life -- an icon.”
“I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time.”
“I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.”
“When a woman acts as though sheâ€™s capable of everything, she gets stuck doing everything.”
“I cant predict exactly what the TV channel of the future is, but we think more and more time spent on TV is going to be around web content and web video.”
“I cannot avoid wondering about the feelings of those who are now the apparent rulers of Iran. They are, despite their mistakes and the crimes which they have instigated, men of faith who claim to be sent by God. I hope they will eventually realize that the revolution which they believe they have brought about is not to the glory of God, but serves the forces of evil.”

Source : "The Shah's Story". Book by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, p. 167, 1980.

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