"Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon."

-- Henry Thomas Buckle

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“The dust comes secretly day after day, Lies on my ledge and dulls my shining things. But O this dust I shall drive away Is flowers and kings, Is Solomon's temple, poets, Nineveh.”
“I enjoy what I do. I think it shows.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm a religious fanatic? Yes, I am, actually.”
“Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.”

Source : Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1902). “The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort”
“In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can be accepted by everyone.”
“It is said there are flowers that bloom only once in a hundred years. Why should there not be some that bloom once in a thousand, in ten thousand years? Perhaps we never know about them simply because this "once in a thousand years" has come today.”
“If you have many desires your life will be interesting.”

Source : David Joselit, Joan Simon, Renata Salecl, Jenny Holzer (1998). “Jenny Holzer”, Phaidon Inc Ltd

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