"By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land."

-- George B. McClellan

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“Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "Theyâ€™re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.”
“I realized that making music can help me to convey my feelings, and if it can relieve me, maybe it can help someone else?”
“Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.”

Source : Theodore Sturgeon (1965). “More Than Human”
“We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death.”

Source : Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Extinction: A Novel”, p.115, Vintage
“The main thing is to do each project the way you want, and if they find an audience, that's terrific. And if they don't, there's nothing you can do anyway, so don't let it concern you that much. An awful lot of good movies have done badly and an awful lot of bad movies have done very well. There are no real rhymes or reasons for it. Sometimes the stars don't always align right. But if you've done the best you can, you feel pretty good about it.”
“Football has to work really hard to put a smile on peoples face and not to be so focused on the question of money. Everything is in danger of losing its soul if youre always going to sell out to the highest bidder.”
“Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing.”
“In L.A., I called every scrap yard and surplus place that was listed, about 50 or 60 places, and only at one of them did the owner get intrigued and let me go around the yard to find stuff. Because the insurance regulations are such that you can't go into the places anymore.”

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