"Only a literary work that reveals an unknown fragment of human existence has a reason for being."

-- Milan Kundera

#Reason Quotes #Fragments Quotes #Existence Quotes

“I'd advise all aspiring game designers not to aim for money when developing a game, because unfortunately it is very rare for game designers to be able to earn a living by developing analog games.”
“AC/DC, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper - I learned stories of all these guys. That's when I fell in love with Queen, which is one of my favorite bands of all time... I started paying attention to what made music good. I started paying attention to why I liked it.”
“My first pilot gig; in fact my first job in television; was 'Freaks and Geeks,' and the experience of directing that pilot was probably the single most formative of my directing life.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Merely to have survived is not an index of excellence.”

Source : Anthony Hecht (2012). “Collected Earlier Poems”, p.72, Knopf
“Representative democracy frequently manifests a disconnect between parliamentarians and the people, so that parliamentarians have agendas that do not correspond with the wishes of the electorate. This has led in many countries to apathy, cynicism and large-scale absenteeism in elections. What is needed is not only parliaments, but parliamentarians who genuinely represent the wishes of the electorate.”
“Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world.”
“God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer.”
“Existence without essence is very stressful.”

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