"Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can't get the other way, and vice versa."

-- China Mieville

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“We believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground. It will allow the moderate opposition to be able to neutralize the helicopters and aircraft that are dropping chemicals and have been carpet-bombing them, just like surface-to-air missiles in Afghanistan were able to change the balance of power there.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I did not become a father because I am fond of children.”
“Philly is a state of mind Iâ€™m always in. The city is truly a character in its own right, and itâ€™s served me well because the people I was exposed to gave me that cultural rootedness.”
“Here's to our wives and girlfriends...may they never meet!”
“Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.”
“I happen to like regionalism, whatever that means. I like the idea of art that somehow specifically reflects some aspect of a community or culture from which was created, the idea of uniform art sounds dreadfully boring and almost fascistic in its implication. So in that sense, I really celebrate the idea of a place that allows for a range of ideas and certainly L.A. does that.”
“In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts, which He also gave us.”
“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”

Source : Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) "Case of Identity"

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