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Roberto Bolano

"Of all the islands he'd visited, two stood out. The island of the past, he said, where the only time was past time and the inhabitants were bored and more or less happy, but where the weight of illusion was so great that the island sank a little deeper into the river every day. And the island of the future, where the only time was the future, and the inhabitants were planners and strivers, such strivers, said Ulises, that they were likely to end up devouring one another."

-- Roberto Bolano

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“Beauty is as useful as the useful. More so, perhaps. (Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile. Plus peut-etre.)”
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
“I used to get letters from guys in prison. Anymore now I don't even open them. They'd ask me to please sign a couple of cards for their children. Then I see them on eBay two weeks later. Or the people that write and say, "You is one of my favorite cartoonists. I would like a drawing, please." I guess they encourage inmates to write letters to celebrities. It's like a way to make money by selling autographs or something. Give me a break.”
“For me, the study of these laws is inseparable from a love of Nature in all its manifestations. The beauty of the basic laws of natural science, as revealed in the study of particles and of the cosmos, is allied to the litheness of a merganser diving in a pure Swedish lake, or the grace of a dolphin leaving shining trails at night in the Gulf of California.”
“If you are a reliable, honest journalist, sources will open up and trust you and share good information.”

Source : "Reporting tips from Wolf Blitzer". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. August 17, 2011.
“A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.”
“I can't eat before I go onstage because I've learnt that burping on stage isn't a good thing. It's all about acid reflux.”

Source : "Jessie Ware: 'I'm such a bully about food'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2013.
“We are working to deploy a powerful new radar network with American early warning systems,”

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