"Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous."

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Julian Fellowes

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“It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.”
“President Clinton intentionally created a structure that was a little loose. And one that kept him a little in the center. He didn't want one person filtering all the information that went to him. He had always operated with a lot of information coming in and a lot of stuff going out.”
“I have a personality defect where I sort of refuse to see myself as an underdog... It's because of my parents. They raised me with the entitlement of a tall, blond, white man.”
“It's a really cool time for artists who want to strive for a little more depth in what they want to say to come forward. We live in a very fast world right now. We've got all this media and music which is so accessible to us, it's here one minute gone the next.”
“One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy. Your parents want you to have health insurance. Your friends want you to be a good friend. But everyoneâ€™s thinking about their own problems and nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, â€˜Boy, I sure hope Sam finishes that chapter and gets one step closer to his dream of being a working writer.â€™ Nobody does that. If you want to write, it has to come from you. If you donâ€™t want to write, thatâ€™s great. Go do something else. That was a very liberating moment for me.”
“Each of us wrestles with the dark giant in our own way.”

Source : Connie Zweig, Steven Wolf (2009). “Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life”, p.56, Wellspring/Ballantine
“All nature's creatures join to express nature's purpose. Somewhere in their mounting and mating, rutting and butting is the very secret of nature itself.”

Source : Graham Swift (2012). “Shuttlecock”, p.78, Pan Macmillan
“John Kerry will be the Democratic nominee for president. Democrats finally found someone who is Al Gore without the flash and the sizzle.”

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