"Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good."

-- Samuel Johnson

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“Most of all I hope the tournament [The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations] will help unite our people [in Gabon]. My wish is to celebrate a big party all together.”
“Getting hit if you throw it... Getting hit if you don't throw it... The problem is whether you're getting hit by a strong guy or by a little less strong guy. But the truth is, the real problem is that your life will be just like this even in the future. Why? Because when we become adults, we'll be your boss.”
“They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.”

Source : "Lucifer" by Mike Carey, Issue 10, "Children and Monsters", Part 1, 1999-2006.
“He's got to do better than the shoddy piecing together of flimsy evidence that contradicts the briefings we have received by various agencies, .. I'm not hearing the same things at the briefings that I'm hearing from the president's top officials.”
“I really love that type of music where someone can take a guitar or light instrumentation and a beautiful voice and can send me somewhere.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The people playing on these songs are from Wisconsin and Illinois and Chicago and St. Louis and thereâ€™s a certain attitude that comes across in the songs and the way that theyâ€™re performed. Iâ€™m born and raised in the Midwest, and my familyâ€™s been here for generations. This is where Iâ€™m from and how I think, and thatâ€™s reflected in the music I make.”
“I made one decision in my life based on money and I swore I would never do it again.”
“If a person's mind is controlled by forces of revenge and jealousy, it cannot express love & sympathy. And even if they show love and sympathy to others it will yield no good result. The thought will not be reflected in love but in hate.”

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