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“And in this silence of the dumb and these speeches of the blind, in this medly of people bound together by the same grief, terror and hope, in this hatred and lack of understanding between men who spoke the same tongue, you could see much of the tragedy of the twentieth century.”
Source : Vasily Grossman (2011). “Life And Fate (Vintage Classic Russians Series)”, p.17, Random House
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“To mourn, perhaps, is simply to prolong a posture of astonishment ...”
Source : Sara Suleri (2018). “Meatless Days”, p.159, Penguin UK
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“My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.”
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“One of the biggest hurdles in the path of entrepreneurship is home loans!”
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“All you can do is hang in there and hope you don't get motion sickness and puke all over the newspapers.”
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“With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing philosophy of the universe through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call stereotypical repetition.”
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“Blue grass was the outgrowth of Irish music. As a matter of fact a lot the tunes, a lot of the melodies and the jigs... have different names but are actually the same tunes.”
Source : "Composer/performer Keith Getty is celebrating an Irish Christmas at venues across the USA". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. December 5, 2014. 
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“I had no place in any coterie, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to learn. I wanted only to write better.”
