"Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it."

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Source : Ben Marcus (2012). “The Flame Alphabet”, p.269, Vintage

Ben Marcus

#Long Quotes #Suspense Quotes #Care Quotes

“I won't say he [Shakespeare] 'invented' us, because journalists perpetually misunderstand me on that. I'll put it more simply: he contains us. Our ways of thinking and feeling-about ourselves, those we love, those we hate, those we realize are hopelessly 'other' to us-are more shaped by Shakespeare than they are by the experience of our own lives.”
“Chicago is incredibly gracious. People here have so much pride.”
“To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.”
“I'd like to know what the Internet is going to look like in 2050. Thinking about it makes me wish I were eight years old.”

Source : "Vint Cerf: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 24, 2008.
“A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession. A true man finds so much work to do that he has no time to contemplate his yesterdays; for to-day and to-morrow are here, with their impatient tasks. The world is so busy, too, that it cannot afford to study any man's unfinished work; for the end may prove it a failure, and the world needs masterpieces.”

Source : Mary Antin (2013). “The Promised Land”, p.12, Courier Corporation
“You've got to play for whoever you play for.”
“It's no fun to lose, ... We haven't lost in a while and now we get to remember what it feels like. Everybody wants to be undefeated and that's what we wanted. There are no excuses.”
“I've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make use of that gift. It's very important that you don't let the muscle get flabby. It's really hard, as an old human being, to press as much weight as you pressed when you were a kid.”

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