"Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say."

-- Raymond Chandler

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“The legislator commands the future; to be feeble will avail him nothing: it is for him to will what is good and to perpetuate it; to make man what he desires to be: for the laws, working upon the social body, which is inert in itself, can produce either virtue or crime, civilized customs or savagery.”

Source : "Discours sur la Constitution à donner à la France". Speech to the National Convention, April 24, 1793.
“All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.”
“Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.”
“I have found that the reason a lot of people are interested in artificial intelligence is the same reason a lot of people are interested in artificial limbs: they are missing one.”
“All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members.”
“At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.”
“No matter what we've done, no matter the disappointments and sullied blunders, today is the opportunity to do right by ourselves.”
“Because I'm so hands on here at work and always looking at fabrics you have to be mobile and as comfortable as possible.”

Source : "Narciso Rodriguez: Designer Of Michelle Obama’s Election Night Dress Looks Back". Interview with Rachel Strugatz, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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