"The bigger the trophy, the more trivial the contest."

-- William Rainey Harper

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“If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction.”

Source : "'To hell with Perry Mason'". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. November 24, 2002.
“In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.”
“Many people in America throw the term "fascism" around, particularly for Middle-Eastern terrorists, but in fact what fascism really is is a close alliance between a unitary executive and a state and large corporations and a state.”
“When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.”
“I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.”

Source : Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.81, Penguin
“The desire to please is maligned, unfairly. There are many sides to it. First of all, pictures have to arouse interest before people will even look at them, and then they have to show something that holds that interst - and naturally they have to be presentable, just as a song has to be sung well, otherwise people run away. One mustn't underrate this quality, and I have always been delighted when my pieces have also appealed to the museum guards, the laymen.”
“I just try to just roll with the punches. I mean, once the team pretty much starts closing out, just try to get in attack mode, and at the same time, try to find my teammates. It's kind of hard, hitting the shots I was hitting, to try and pass the ball, but you've got to figure out a way.”
“The American public has difficulty believing ... [that] injustice continues to be inflicted upon Indian people because Americans assume that the sympathy and tolerance they feel toward Indians is somehow 'felt' or transferred to the government policy that deals with Indians. This is not the case.”

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