"By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do not cheat, they do not try to persuade at any cost, they appeal neither to prejudice nor to authority . . ."

-- Jacob Bronowski

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“Today's a great time to be any creative type of person, I think, and in just about every aspect of creativity, this generation is going to blow away every generation ever. Because we're the first ones with the Internet. I can get together with some friends, shoot a movie, cut it on my laptop at home, and then put it online. We don't have to listen to anyone.”
“We wanted the best, but it turned out as always”

Source : "Viktor Chernomyrdin obituary" by Jonathan Steele, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2010.
“In gardens it's not just plants and insects and microbes that grow. People grow too, and the best bit is that they don't realise it's happening. It just happens.”
“Certainly, it is. Love is love, and loss is loss. We all love, and we all die, and everyone suffers the pain of grieving. The trick is to enjoy what you have while you have it. Not run like a bunny from the good things because they might be taken away sooner than youâ€™d like.”
“You can tell a lot about a person from his underwear.”
“The truly changed, truly converted, truly Christian heart can say with John Newton, â€œI am not what I ought to be. I am not what I wish to be. I am not what I hope to be. Yet I can truly say, I am not what I once was. By the grace of God, I am what I am.”
“The body,-that is dust; the soul,-it is a bud of eternity.”
“Usually, I create tunes that are fragmented. I think the biggest obstacle for people with their creativity is that they feel they have to sit down and create this finished, polished product.”

Source : "Neutral Milk Hotel". Interview with Mike McGonigal, pitchfork.com. February 11, 2008.

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