"LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and keep them up to their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia."

-- Ambrose Bierce

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“When you truly feel this equal love for all, when your heart has expanded so much that it embraces the whole of creation, you will certainly not feel like giving up this or that. You will simply drop off from secular life as a ripe fruit drops from the branch of a tree. You will feel that the whole world is your home.”
“She hates me and you hate me, but you all love Harry. Nobody loves me.”
“Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.”
“I like Brazilians and I like their values. They believe in family.”
“There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.”
“The principal thing is the question of how our culture views age: that old is ugly. Take a photographer like Mapplethorpe. Every single photograph of his is about classical notions of beauty, of young beautiful black men, young beautiful women, and he selects subjects who are essentially interesting and good-looking and extremely physical. I can't stand them.”
“To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.”
“I've found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches.”

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