"Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known."

-- Matthew Simpson

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“I'm a Syd Barrett fan, and early Pink Floyd, and then about two things from the rest of their career. I don't like them, really. I mean, I like the psychedelic stuff. I listen to the first albums, and even on those, they go off and off and off. Songs that are 20 minutes long. I don't like long songs.”
“Every day is a work day, and I have to work my ***** off just as much as any other guy, doing whatever job they're doing. I believe in commitment and hard work, and hopefully, after that, success comes.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.”

Source : Song: Blind Love, Album: Rain Dogs
“How noiseless falls the foot of time!”

Source : William Robert Spencer (1835). “Poems”, p.194
“If we could tell a film, then why make a film?”

Source : "Out Of Iran: This Is Not A Film Reviewed" by Jenny Horwell, thequietus.com. November 25, 2011.
“Application of humility is service.”
“That is your trick, your bit of filthy magic: invisibility, and the anaesthetic power to deaden my attention in your direction.”
“If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease to be an universal problem.”

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