"No one can ever write about anything that happened to him after he was twelve years old."

-- Ignazio Silone

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“Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom, friendship, hope, and dignity.”
“No matter how much you're expecting it, it's still unexpected when it comes.”
“Finance is a slave's word.”
“Every word is a messenger. Some have wings; some are filled with fire; some are filled with death.”
“I think there's a fine line between being so obtuse that you lose the reader completely, which is the intention for some writers, though it isn't mine. I work hard at grounding the world as much as possible in the world we do recognize.”

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“If employees feel you don't trust them to do their jobs correctly and well, they'll be reluctant to do much without your approval. On the other hand, when they feel trusted, that you believe they'll do the right things well, they'll naturally want to do things well and be deserving of your trust.”
“My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.”
“By and large, women have a faith and a morality peculiar to themselves; they believe in the reality of everything that serves their interest and their passions.”

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