"Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“We have a small faction, and they are a minority, who believe they are there to govern. Then there is the majority of us who believe that indeed we are there to govern but more importantly we are there to be an opposition to the Democratic philosophy and the only way to do that is through confrontation.”

Source : Houston Chronicle, April 14, 1991.
“Creativity in its fullest sense includes both generating an idea and manifesting it- making something happen as a result.”

Source : Ned Herrmann (1989). “The Creative Brain”, Ned Herrmann Group
“How is property given? By restraining liberty; that is, by taking it away so far as necessary for the purpose. How is your house made yours? By debarring every one else from the liberty of entering it without your leave.”
“How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.”
“In Chicago, if you tell someone you're a writer, they look at you suspiciously - as if to say "yeah, right." In New York, people don't question the idea. If you say you're a writer, that's what you are.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“There is no greater disability in society, than the inability to see a person as more.”
“Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.”

Source : City Limits magazine, London, April 7, 1988.
“It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'”

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