"I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King's son."

-- Duke Ellington

#Kings Quotes #Son Quotes #Night Quotes

“She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer, Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she won!”
“If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.”
“For all the great dreams profitlessly invested in the digital computer, it is nonetheless true that not since the framers of the American Constitution took seriously the idea that all men are created equal has an idea so transformed the material conditions of life, the expectations of the race.”

Source : David Berlinski (2000). “The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World”, Houghton Mifflin
“I found that I faced a highly complex situation, and that I couldnt hope to change it until I had armed myself with the necessary psychological and intellectual capacity. My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place had taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any process.”

Source : Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row
“Talk about sexist - have you ever, ever, heard someone come up to a woman and say 'find your masculine side?' And by the way women, if you find your masculine side - I'm not interested.”
“All I do is make photos. It's my life.”
“At its best, fiction is not a diversion but a means of knowing the world.”
“Bluefin tuna spawn just south of the oil spill and they spawn only in the Gulf. If they were to go through the area at a critical time, that's one instance where a plume could destroy a whole species.”

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