"The unreal is natural, so natural that it makes of unreality the most natural of anything natural. That is what America does, and that is what America is."

“while the executive should give every possible value to the information of the specialist, no executive should abdicate thinking on any subject because of the expert. The expert's information or opinion should not be allowed automatically to become a decision. On the other hand, full recognition should be given to the part the expert plays in decision making.”

“I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“what matters most is how well you walk through the fire”

Source : Charles Bukowski (2012). “The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993”, p.505, Canongate Books

“The two partners in a relationship also need to have some similar interests in addition to a similar life view.”

“Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.”

“I loved him. I hated him. I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to strangle him. I was a walking, talking contradiction. There were days I was so torn by my conflicting emotions that I thought I would be ripped in half. Staring at my best friend and secret object of my undying love, I wondered if I would ever get off this crazy train of emotions swirling around inside me. I didn't like feeling this way. But the truth was I couldn't remember a time I didn't feel this aching need to completely immerse myself in all things Daniel Lowe.”

“These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up thinking about athletics. I think that's probably why I'm a bit of an exception.”

“Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.”

Source : Walter Pater (2013). “The Renaissance”, p.124, Simon and Schuster