"At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned."

-- Georges Danton

#Lasts Quotes #Revolution Quotes #Abandoned Quotes

“Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too.”
“You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.”
“High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.”
“Joining a sub-culture, any sub-culture, for whatever reason, is as I see it never a legitimate self-expression. It is always a result of sheep mentality; a wish to belong somewhere.”
“Beware of clichÃ©s. Not just the ÂclichÃ©s that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichÃ©s of response as well as expression. There are clichÃ©s of observation and of thought - even of conception. Many novels, even quite a few adequately written ones, are ÂclichÃ©s of form which conform to clichÃ©s of expectation.”
“You never want to make a 'message movie', but you always want to be talking about something that you care about.”
“It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress.”
“Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.”

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