"Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call war and commerce. These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient."

-- Ambrose Bierce

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“The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them. It seems to me it's something that theatre can do, but it's rare; it's very rare.”
“Trying to apply formal methods to all software projects is just as bad as trying to apply code-and-fix development to all projects.”
“The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon it with creative lust.”

Source : Marjorie B. Searl, George Bellows, Ronald Netsky, University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery (2003). “Leaving for the country: George Bellows at Woodstock”, Memorial Art Gallery of Univ
“When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you'll learn to become great at your craft because you'll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.”
“Western clothes are our everyday wardrobe. But I do not think that it makes much of a difference anymore whether you are Japanese or American or European.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I know nothing, by experience, of party discipline. I would rather be a raccoon-dog, and belong to a Negro in the forest, than to belong to any party, further than to do justice to all, and to promote the interests of my country. The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man.”

Source : "David Crockett: His Life and Adventures". Book by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, p. 294, 1875.
“Appreciation of works of art requires organized effort and systematic study. Art appreciation can no more be absorbed by aimless wandering in galleries than can surgery be learned by casual visits to a hospital.”
“Angels are wonderful and exciting, and they have the appeal of beings who will take care of us and manifest God's personal concern.”

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