"When one begins to reflect on philosophyâ€”then philosophy seems to us to be everything, like God, and love. It is a mystical, highly potent, penetrating ideaâ€”which ceaselessly drives us inward in all directions. The decision to do philosophyâ€”to seek philosophy is the act of self-liberationâ€”the thrust toward ourselves."

-- Novalis

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“I'm not an impulse shopper. I will wait three days after I see something. Am I still thinking about it? Then I'll get it.”
“You just have to work really hard and throw everything into it. ... It's really hard to be an artist, and even if you do work really hard, there's no guarantee about anything. There's no advice you can give someone that things will somehow work out, but you can talk to people about how they can make art a big part of their life.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.”

Source : "Bolton 2012?". Interview with Robert Costa, www.nationalreview.com. June 20, 2011.
“For someone so small, you're heavy, Stiff," he mutters.”
“Neither with those nor with the others, with all I agree and dissent; in all part of truth and part of error must be seen.”
“The same Constitution that allows her the right, if she wants to, to sit there and say nothing, allows these groups the right to petition their government for redress.”
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”
“The first morning after Westley's departure, Buttercup thought she was entitled to do nothing more than sit around moping and feeling sorry for herself. After all, the love of her life had fled, life had no meaning, how could you face the future, et cetera, et cetera.”

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