"Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness."

-- Wyndham Lewis

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“Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Meaninglessness takes hold because meaninglessness is addictive,”

Source : "Questlove: ‘Hip-Hop Has Failed Black America’" by Cynthia Dagnal-Myron, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 24, 2014.
“Even evangelicals realize that Pinocchio's father was a carpenter too. That's the old joke.”
“Nothing is of greater importance than the right early instruction of youth.”

Source : "Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York". Book by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan and John Romeyn Brodhead, 1853.
“Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising.”
“That's a trick question Peter. It's real-life. Master P is a thug. He's poppin' everybody.”
“From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world, we have sought to avoid armed conflict and not yield to despair in the search for universal peace. The nuclear threats from Iran, North Korea, and terrorists can only be overcome through international cooperation. We call upon Congressional leaders and those worldwide to join together to ensure the fulfillment of these long-overdue initiatives and the achievement of a safer future without nuclear weapons.”
“Childhood is usually identified with fantasy, adventure, and dreaming. But mine didn't offer a lot of hope. I could read my future in my palm. Everything foretold: "You have no future!" A person must be very strong to keep going without hope.”

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