"If he wants meaning-the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life-a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however uncertain."

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Source : Jed Rubenfeld (2007). “The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel”, p.7, Macmillan

Jed Rubenfeld

#Dream Quotes #Dark Quotes #Past Quotes

“Software Engineering is that part of Computer Science which is too difficult for the Computer Scientist.”
“I love being in bed almost as much as I love food.”
“Some people think that words can injure the psyche or the moral fiber. And they really can't.”
“Every TV show I've ever made, every game I've ever built, and every book I've ever published has had the common thread of building the biggest, brightest spotlight imaginable and then flipping it around to shine on you.”
“How are we going to know what sounds are important before we've even heard those sounds? It's an absurd question. The only thing we can say is that we're going to base it on our past experience. In other words, modern listening doesn't inform us of anything new. It simply keeps us in the past.”

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“Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human.”
“Many people think if you say "no" you just do this to negotiate a better deal, and they didn't understand that Daft Punk really meant "no" because they didn't want to do certain things.”
“The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.”

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