"Ninety percent of the difficulty in your intellectual life would never have happened if you just had better taste."

-- Terence McKenna

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“We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing â€” by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.”
“There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students: "white shoe," "brown shoe," and "black shoe." "White shoe" people were kind of the ur-preppies from high-class backgrounds. "Brown shoe" people were kind of the high school student-council presidents who were snatched up and brushed up a little bit to be sent out into the world. "Black shoe" people were beyond the pale. They were chemistry majors and things like that.”
“I got a Lucifer soul. I'll be the Devil's son, Devil's work, gettin' work.”
“I'm proud of the scars in my soul. They remind me that I have an intense life.”
“When you're in Los Angeles, everybody you meet is writing a movie, and they want you to be in it. Every cab driver is writing a movie!”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.”
“To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.”

Source : David Cottrell, Eric Lee Harvey (2004). “Leadership Courage: Leadership Strategies for Individual and Organizational Success”, p.17, The Walk The Talk Company
“Madrid reacting with the forceful protection of bullfighting as an art form is an example of the survival of the old values.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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