"Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!"

--

Fridtjof Nansen

“If I make a painting, it should be seen for what it's set out to do too. A lot of the things that I do, it's not all art. Some of it's design, some of it's illustration, some of it's graphics, some of it's concept, some of it's business and some of it, hopefully, is art.”
“I'd love to be the new Jools Holland, but you know, for, like, cooler people.”

Source : "Katy B on her new album, raving and sticking to her pirate radio roots" by Sam Wolfson, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2013.
“And if you could make a choice, then why not pick happiness?”
“The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.”
“Lucy was using my blanket to dry the dishes... We now have very secure dishes!”
“Lola Montes is, in my unhumble opinion, the greatest film of all time, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation, such as it is, on this one proposition above all others.”

Source : Andrew Sarris (1973). “The primal screen: essays on film and related subjects”, Simon & Schuster
“We honor the dead best by treating the living well.”

Source : "Honor Sacrifice by Supporting Vets" by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 26, 2012.
“Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy.”

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