"If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it."

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Neville Marriner

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“I'm always looking for inspiration.”
“Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it judges, but it is not judgment; imagines, but it is not imagination; it feels deeply and fiercely, but it is not passion. It is neither, because it is all.”
“You have the attention span of a large bug, and yet I don't feel good enough about myself to not date you.”
“The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is that it selects for the skills needed to get elected, and nothing else. A test that you can only pass by cheating can't possibly select honest people.”

Source : James P. Hogan (1983). “Code of the Lifemaker”, Del Rey
“And in the end, I think, we're all just trying to survive, aren't we?”
“MRA is the good road of an ideology inspired by God upon which all can unite. Catholic, Jew and Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Confucianist - all find they can change, where needed, and travel along this good road together.”
“There is interest in a crime-based reality show. With my novels, we are now editing the second book in a series about a defense lawyer whose name is Samantha Brinkman. And I am reviewing speaking engagement opportunities.”
“The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 22, 2012

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