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“One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be.”
Source : Alan Furst (2007). “The World at Night: A Novel”, p.9, Random House
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“Socialism needs to pull down wealth; liberalism seeks to raise up poverty. Socialism would destroy private interests, Liberalism would preserve [them] ... by reconciling them with public right. Socialism would kill enterprise; Liberalism would rescue enterprise from the trammels of privilege and preference. Socialism assails the preeminence of the individual; Liberalism seeks ... to build up a minimum standard for the mass. Socialism exalts the rule; Liberalism exalts the man. Socialism attacks capitalism; Liberalism attacks monopoly.”
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“Every song falls short of the glory of what a song could be. That's why the urge is there to start again and yet again. Often it's the fault of rhyme. I've discovered a hundred times that there just aren't enough rhymes to say what I wanted to say, so I said something else instead. Sometimes it was a better thing, but the thing I meant to say went unsaid. So there's an opening for another song.”
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“Form is the host; content is the virus.”
Source : "Portrait of the Author as a Vurtual Man: Jeff Noon talks to London Calling’s Tom Hunter". London Calling Interview, londoncalling.com. August 11, 2012.
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“Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.”
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“Anyone can drink beer, but it takes intelligence to enjoy beer.”
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“Even if you make a mistake, you can go back and do the right thing.”
Source : Source: collider.com
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“We kept the old male ideas of success: power and money. We need new ones!”
Source : "Zosia Mamet Says You Don’t Have To Be Hillary, Bey Or Oprah To Be Successful" By Alanna Vagianos, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2014.