"A wasteland is a confrontation to a man of stature: an empty place, a gauntlet thrown down in challenge and defiance. A place like that cries out to be conquered and civilised."

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Source : John C. Wright (2012). “The Hermetic Millennia”, p.116, Macmillan

John C. Wright

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“When people see one of these new forms of art for the first time, often they can't make sense of it. Then, if it's around long enough, a lot of people get used to it and it becomes assimilated into culture. So there's a morphic field both for the kind of art and for the appreciation of it.”
“Working was a new thing; waking up early in the morning and going to bed late at night... But Iâ€™ve met a lot of nice people, I've been to New York, London, Paris. I like traveling. Now I cannot imagine my life without modeling.”

Source : Monty Roberts (2002). “Horse Sense for People: The Man Who Listens to Horses Talks to People”, p.24, Penguin
“poetry ... shows with a sudden intense clarity what is already there.”

Source : Helen Smith Bevington (1961). “When Found, Make a Verse of”
“I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.”
“Whenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiney 3-year-old comes out in you.”

Source : "Brie Larson Interview UNITED STATES OF TARA and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. March 23, 2010.
“If the Founding Fathers could have looked into a crystal ball and seen AK-47s and Glock semi-automatic pistols, I think they would say, you know, 'That's not really what we mean when we say bear arms.'”
“I'm a goof. I talk too much. I tell stories. I tell cheesy Dad jokes. I'm theatrical and I'll mix things up and I'll surprise people. Those are the things that I just do because that's who I am.”
“The manager's function is not to make people work, it is to make it possible for people to work.”

Source : "Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams". Book by Tom DeMarco, 1987.

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