"Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine."

-- Jacques Barzun

#Fake People Quotes #Routine Quotes #Ends Quotes

“Clearly, we were hoping to get some competitive proposals, but the reality is there are only a small number of firms that would be interested and have the wherewithal to bid.”
“There are so many stupid things that steal that purpose from us. The stupid things that you believe a lie that we â€˜re not as important as we really are. That our life isnâ€™t as important as it really is. Itâ€™s important to the people that you love, itâ€™s important to the people that you will love in the future, itâ€™s important to the world around you and itâ€™s so important that you fulfill the purpose that only you can fulfill the way that you can fulfill that.”
“If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.”

Source : "Jonathan Demme Talks NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 1, 2012.
“Attention equals importance equals value equals ego. Or, more realistically, Attention equals success.”

Source : "'My discoveries weren't any more extensive or alarming than most people's. I just chose to look'". Interview with Antonia Crane, logger.believermag.com. November 5, 2013.
“I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run.”
“I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people.”
“And she said 'Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you're blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.'”

Source : Paul Simon (2011). “Lyrics 1964-2011”, p.181, Simon and Schuster
“If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.”

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