"A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no national security."

-- Henry H. Arnold

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“If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.”
“There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life.”
“It's daylight, the sky is cloudy, and human beings believe that beyond the clouds lives an all-powerful God, guiding the fate of men. Meanwhile, look at your son, look at your feet, listen to the sounds around you: down here is the Mother, so much closer, bringing joy to children and energy to those who walk over her body. Why do people prefer to believe in something far away and forget what is there before their eyes, a true manifestation of the miracle?”
“Age is how you feel. If you take care of yourself, you'll be able to do the same things. You may not do it as often. But you can still do it.”
“The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life to a function that doesn't interest you. This situation so repelled me that I was driven to drink, starvation, and mad females, simply as an alternative.”
“Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.”
“He was falling between glacial walls, he didn't know how anyone could fall so far away from everyone else in the world. So far to fall, so cold all the way, so steep and dark between those morphine-coloured walls...”
“Well, this is good for me, this is experience, I am here for a reason, these moments run into pages, the seamy side of life.”

Source : John Fante (2002). “Ask The Dust”, p.15, Canongate Books

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