"The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention."

-- Orson Welles

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“To be a great pilot you have to make a pact with the devil, but don't let him swallow you up.”
“As in nature. and in the arts, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls as well as stones, their lustre. The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles, and in what seems hard dealing God has no end in view but to perfect our graces. He sends tribulations, but tells us their purpose, that "tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope."”
“That's a good way to live, go against the wind.”
“Three of tonights performers are members of the group Return To One, whose album Hopes and Dreams I heard for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Blown away by the album, I called Nathan Hubbard, the drummer and composer for the group, and with whom I've played on a couple of Trummerflora-related occasions, and asked him to round up several of his Return To One cohorts for tonight's show. I can't recommend their album highly enough; please pick up a copy...”
“Always carry a book on a date so that when you get bored you can slip into the Ladies for a read.”
“In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.”
“This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of biological oxidation.”
“I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.”

Source : Scarlett Thomas (2008). “The End Of Mr. Y”, p.102, Canongate Books

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