"He is invariably in a hurry being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life."

-- Elizabeth Bibesco

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“One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible.”
“But music doesn't sum up my approach to literature - even in Vain Art of the Fugue. To 'fugue' I had to invent 'trap-words,' or words that would force the narrator to turn around and start his path anew.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Majority of the African countries are now enjoying stable governance. Before you talk about economic growth, political stability is key.”
“Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.”
“Conversation doesn’t have to lead to consensus about anything especially not values; it’s enough that it helps people get used to one another”

Source : Kwame Anthony Appiah (2015). “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers”, p.80, Penguin UK
“The other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a grant, it's a restriction. By which I mean it doesn't say Congress can legislate for the general welfare, it means that everything Congress must do has to enhance the general welfare of the United States of America. It can't grant things to individuals, it can only legislate for the government.”
“Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder.”
“There was no publicity. You had to like it. There was no pressure, just great competition. The attitude of the coaches and players was exceptional.”

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