"And thou my minde aspire to higher things; Grow rich in that which never taketh rust."

-- Philip Sidney

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“Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a man inspired and his razor sharp exploration of our contemporary ironies will break your heart.”
“If there is a class war-and there is-it is important that it should be handled with subtlety and skill. ... it is not freedom that Conservatives want; what they want is the sort of freedom that will maintain existing inequalities or restore lost ones.”
“I like to be at home because I just travel so much. I have four dogs, golden retrievers.”
“When I was a child, all I wanted was to enter the Austrian team and to compete on the World Cup tour. I had to fight hard to reach this. I wanted badly to win each race.”
“I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person.”

Source : "A Tale Of Two Cities: Author Donna Leon's Venice". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. July 13, 2012.
“Gimme a visky with a ginger ale on the side - and don't be stinchy, beby.”
“Everything I make is with intention. I'm not very haphazard with my artist work, although I wish I was sometimes. I'm very conscious of the conversations I'm pushing about different threads and themes around landscape and characters that exist - how it's pictured, who's pictured it, who's owned it and who's been able to inhabit certain spaces. I have other interests as well. I'm really obsessed now with going to gay male dance clubs. I find those thrilling. I'm interested in what future characters can come.”
“In its present terms, the global system values property over human life.”

Source : William Greider (1998). “One World, Ready Or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism”, p.359, Simon and Schuster

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