"To see things as they really were--what an empoverishment!"

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Source : L. P. Hartley, Colm Tóibín (2002). “The go-between”, NYRB Classics

L.P. Hartley

“A strict master will not have understanding sons.”
“Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.”
“I am no I. I am now part of a we.”

Source : Jerry Pinto (2014). “Em and the Big Hoom”, p.78, Penguin UK
“I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.”
“Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So fight against that(desire), for if you don't, it will become a determination and a passion. And if you don't repel that, it will become an action. And if you don't replace it with its opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it.”
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere.”
“I don't recall that I have said and I don't think that I really feel that we need a world government. We need governments of the world that work together and collaborate. But, I can't imagine that there would be any likelihood or even that it would be desirable to have a single government elected by the people of the world.”

Source : Interview with Benjamin Fulford, November 13, 2007.
“Well, I'm somebody who is just living ...living life, and if I get frustrated by something, then I like to try to put it right.”

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