"To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the worldâ€”impartial natures which the tongue can but clumsily define. The spectator is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito."

-- Charles Baudelaire

#Home Quotes #World Quotes #Tongue Quotes

“Nine Inch Nails was an experiment with me in discipline. I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything. Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100 percent, because I had never reached true failure.”
“Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.”
“Pete Rose is baseball.”
“My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a movie where someone gets kissed under a tree, and I did not want to do it! But my acting partner wanted me to feel comfortable, so he bought a picnic basket with all these snacks. He made such an effort - and it was cute.”
“I have tried to make sure I knew the law and what the most recent changes were, and I've applied the law to the facts. I have not lost sleep over the decisions I have made.”
“My inner goddess confirms that staring at a beautiful/rich/powerful face is the basis of True Love.”
“We can still astonish the gods in humanity And be the stuff of future legends, If we but dare to be real, And have the courage to see That this is the time to dream The best dream of them all.”

Source : Ben Okri (2012). “Mental Fight”, p.39, Random House
“[The blame for the future 'plight of civilization] must rest on scientific men, equally with others, for being incapable of accepting the responsibility for the profound social upheavals which their own work primarily has brought about in human relationships.”

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