"Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint."

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Haruki Murakami

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“Misfortune does not help us to believe.”
“... as recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away. Prison did not deter crime significantly, many experts concluded. Those who had meaningful economic and social opportunities were unlikely to commit crimes regardless of the penalty, while those who went to prison were far more likely to commit crimes again in the future.”
“At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos.”
“As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.”
“The fact of the matter is that poor men do not often steal, and when they do, it is petty theft, something to eat or perhaps an item of clothing to keep them from the cold. Thieves are usually those who have something and want more.”
“I think I could drink my own blood. Is that weird?”

Source : "Interview: Jessica Biel (Blade Trinity)". Interview with Devin Faraci, www.chud.com. July 12, 2004.
“In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it cannot be an adequate reproduction of the original.”
“Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.”

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