"A female artist friend of mine recently told me that she was advised to 'look more slutty.' I asked her boyfriend what the equivalent advice for a man would be. He said to be more muscular. That made me rush to the gym."

-- Mark Kostabi

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“Progress is the stride of God.”
“Before my birth there was infinite time, and after my death, inexhaustible time. I never thought of it before: I'd been living luminously between two eternities of darkness.”

Source : Orhan Pamuk (2011). “My Name Is Red”, p.3, Faber & Faber
“Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.”
“I've had two terrific relationships, but both ended in marriage.”
“Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush - so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me.”
“That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained.”

Source : Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 6 October 1963
“I was a professional chess player in Romania, but only a small-time master. When I came to France, I continued playing chess for many years: I played tournaments in numerous countries with mixed results. I wrote and published a book - La DÃ©fense Alekhine and translated two others from Russian. I taught chess in schools; I earned more money through chess than through literature.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Hurry always empties a soul.”

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