"You want Paradise, you gotta build it on war, on blood, on envy and naked greed."

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Source : Michel Faber (2014). “The Book of Strange New Things”, p.447, Canongate Books

Michel Faber

#War Quotes #Blood Quotes #Envy Quotes

“I could see that everything I had identified as really me, was not really me, but was just a pattern of strategies to avoid some kind of abyss or emptiness.”
“People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.”
“Surely it is not true blessedness to be free of sorrow while there is sorrow and sin in the world. Sorrow is a part of love and love does not seek to throw it off.”
“You ought to have seen Frédéric with his monocle, his greying whiskers, his calm demeanour, carving his plump quack-quack, trussed and already flamed, throwing it into the pan, preparing the sauce, salting and peppering like Claude Monet's paintings, with the seriousness of a judge and the precision of a mathematician, and opening up, with a sure hand, in advance, every perspective of taste.”
“I will get stronger. I will return.”

Source : Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly (2012). “Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope”, p.321, Simon and Schuster
“Words don't tell you what people are thinking. Rarely do we use words to really tell. We use words to sell people or to convince people or to make them admire us. It's all disguise. It's all hidden -- a secret language.”

Source : "Robert Altman: What I've Learned" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“Winning coaches must treat mistakes like copperheads in the bedclothes - avoid them with all the energy you can muster.”
“Everybody sees things their own way, but putting it onscreen is a different story - you have to deal with production crews. That's what differentiates a good director.”

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