"The center will not hold if it has been spot-welded by an operator whose deepest concern is not with the weld but with his lottery ticket."

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Source : Donald Barthelme (1981). “Sixty stories”, Putnam Adult

Donald Barthelme

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“Only Art is Eternal Wisdom; what is not Art soon perishes. Art is the unconscious love of all things. â€˜Learningâ€™ will cease and Reality will become known when it comes to pass that every human being is an Artist.”

Source : Joseph Beuys (2010). “What is money?: a discussion”, p.1, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS
“Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.”
“When we choose a mobile network, do we check whether Airtel or Vodafone belong to a particular caste? No, we simply choose the provider based on the best value or service. Then why do we vote for somebody simply because he belongs to the same caste as us?”
“Lebanon can choose to be either a partner in ridding the scourge of terrorism or another obstacle that cows to the most radical elements of society.”
“I've never been supercritical about my body.”
“No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.”
“From the beginning of your career until the end, you have people telling you, you can't do something or you're only going to get so far. That either drives you to be become the best or it stops you at the stipulations that other people have for you.”
“Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs.”

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