"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead."

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Source : Graham Greene (1974). “The end of the affair”, Vintage

Graham Greene

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“I can honestly say, I have the love of my life, and we have the most amazing children.”
“In the beginning, I want to say something about human greatness. Some time ago, I was reading texts of Kungtse. When I read these texts, I understood something about human greatness. What I understood from his writings was: What is greatest in human beings is what makes them equal to everybody else. Everything else that deviates higher or lower from what is common to all human beings makes us less. If we know this, we can develop a deep respect for every human being.”
“What the world needs is not 'a little bit of love', but a surgical operation.”
“For however much the state may gain by not having to fund roads on its own, society would lose in aggregate if the open commons of transportation were lost.”
“I'm not going to say that all the cabinet appointments of the men and women, you know, obviously we might have some reservations on some, but the women's movement has congratulated them for some of the appointments and is urging and encouraging more women in the Executive Branch and high areas.”

Source : Interview with Joanne Bamberger, www.blogher.com. December 22, 2008.
“Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.”
“I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Schrodinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory but a dodge-and a very good dodge too.”

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