"I am a critic who is pulled toward history. But Bob Dylan himself is a great historian. He is an historian who acts out history. So it always has a personal stamp. It always has a particular timbre. It always has a particular howl, or a moan, in that voice."

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Source : "Talkin’ Bob Dylan". Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. October 19, 2010.

Greil Marcus

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“We may have doubts, but we control the present. We always have the choice to move forward with hope and confidence.”

Source : Teri Hatcher (2006). “Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life”
“You don't have to say everything to say something.”
“Attention is a little-noticed and underrated mental asset.”
“I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much superior to intellectual, that I ought to esteem one virtue more valuable than a hundred original thoughts.”

Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.295
“My closet is in perfect order at home. All my dress shirts, all my casual shirts. All my suits, they're color coordinated. All my ties are color coordinated.”
“The only things you can truly love after such a short time are ice cream flavors and comfortable shoes.”
“I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.”
“If you're not scoring the frustrations build up.”

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