"I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars."

-- Van Morrison

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“It will be my earnest aim that The New York Times give the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that is permissible in good society, and give it as early if not earlier, than it can be learned through any other reliable medium; to give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect, or interest involved; to make of the columns of The New York Times a forum for the consideration of all questions of public importance, and to that end to invite intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.”
“You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you worry you are an interchangeable cog.”
“The butterflies I get are not if somebody boos me in the crowd, or somebody talks trash about me during the week, or somebody on ESPN rips me. It's the pressure that I'm putting on myself.”
“We live in a world of breathtaking material plenty. That has freed hundreds of millions of people from day-to-day struggles and liberated us to pursue more significant desires: purpose, transcendence, and spiritual fulfillment.”
“People, especially successful people, are habitual creatures. They're organized. This makes them productive - Gus Mitchell”
“I shall be dark and French and fashionable and difficult. And you shall be sweet and open and English and fair. What a pair we shall be! What man can resist us?”

Source : Philippa Gregory (2008). “The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
“What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life.”
“If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture.”

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