"The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones."

-- Alain de Botton

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“But no one is easier to delude than a parent; they see only what they wish to see.”
“There will never be a reunion, as I will never do anything with an ***** like Will Smith. He is still an egomaniac and has not grown up. This constant reunion thing will never ever happen in my lifetime unless there is an apology, which he doesn't know the word.”

Source : "Fresh Prince' star: I'll never reunite with a**hole Will Smith" by Paul Millar, www.digitalspy.com. December 27, 2011.
“In real-world Finance, they don't pay for elegance. They pay for power - predictive power.”

Source : "The Inefficient Stock Market - What Pays Off And Why". Book by Robert Haugen, Chapter 13, Counterattack - The Second Wave, p. 129, 1999.
“Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood.”
“There is no failure, only a process which is leading us to become the greatest version of ourselves.”
“There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.”

Source : "The Old Batchelor: A Comedy".
“I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love songs, I would use genderless pronouns, like "dear" and "darling" - like some kind of granny!”

Source : "Arca's Warped Beauty". Interview with Philip Sherburne, pitchfork.com. November 19, 2015.
“Today the reason for the Zionist regime's existence is questioned and this regime is on its way to annihilation.”

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