"It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The stupider they are, the wider they conceive their horizons to be. And if an artist decides to declare that he understands nothing of what he sees - this in itself constitutes a considerable clarity in the realm of thought, and a great step forward."

-- Anton Chekhov

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“Some people don't have a family to fall back on, like I have, and that's when something greater than even that comes in, and that's faith and that's what I have for me, that's what keeps me strong.”
“I have a counter-theory...I believe men built most things because women were shut out of political power, job opportunities, and education for most of history, and instead forced into servitude towards men in the home. I believe my theory has a lot of evidence for it, in the form of all of history.”
“What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.”
“Reading functions as hallucinating a meaning between letters and lines.”
“We've got to do everything in the world to make sure we kill Frank Gore's head. We want him running sideways. We want his head sideways.”

Source : "Pregame Speech Reignites NFL Bounty Scandal". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. April 7, 2012.
“Nobody thought about having more money than you could ever spend.”

Source : "From the Vaults: Slick Rick, circa 98-99". Interview with Adisa Banjoko, allhiphop.com. March 1, 2005.
“Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are very easily fooled by language and how it is used by others.”
“Barack Obama spent his first day as president-elect putting together his transition team. And if you believe MSNBC, by tomorrow he will have chosen all 12 of his disciples.”

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