"I didnâ€™t fail ten thousand times. I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times, materials and combinations which wouldnâ€™t work."

-- Thomas A. Edison

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“Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.”
“For Fanon, becoming actional is connected to his idea of a new humanism, which is explicitly critical of European humanism so intimately connected with colonialism. So, it is not simply about finding new concepts from anywhere, but being both critical and self-critical and also being very open to what is happening on the ground.”
“The directorâ€™s task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the truth he has seen, even if not everyone finds that truth acceptable. Of course an artist can lose his way, but even his mistakes are interesting provided they are sincere. For they represent the reality of his inner life, of the peregrinations and struggle into which the external world has thrown him.”
“A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.”
“Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if life tortures you at times. There is only one thing that counts: to live one's life well and happily...”

Source : "Listen, Little Man!". Book by Wilhelm Reich, 1948.
“If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.”
“My ambition for station was always easily controlled. If the place came to me it was welcome. But it never seemed to me worth seeking at the cost of self-respect, or independence. My family were not historic; they were well-to-do, did not hold or seek office. It was easy for me to be contented in private life. An honor was no honor to me, if obtained by my own seeking.”

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