"Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky . The glory of science is not in a truth more absolute than the truth of Bach or Tolstoy, but in the act of creation itself. The scientist's discoveries impose his own order on chaos, as the composer or painter imposes his; an order that always refers to limited aspects of reality, and is based on the observer's frame of reference, which differs from period to period as a Rembrant nude differs from a nude by Manet."

-- Arthur Koestler

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“I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.”
“Photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.”
“If you can't drink a lobbyist's whiskey, take his money, sleep with his women and still vote against him in the morning, you don't belong in politics.”
“It would be good to live in a perpetual state of leave-taking, never to go nor to stay, but to remain suspended in that golden emotion of love and longing; to be loved without satiety.”
“In the beginning this was just an idea. Then it was a short story. Then it was a script. Each step was pretty exciting to see people come on board to support the project. It's gratifying to know that more people are seeing my work in this form than my work as a playwright. And it's been fun to hear people's response to seeing it. I've been having some deep conversations with strangers and friends about how much it has made them think about slavery and its impact today.”
“Dare to fail. If you never fail, you're never taken risks and that's no way to take on this life.”

Source : Doctorate Award Speech at Kean University, New Jersey, 2004.
“I'm competitive and I have a messy purse, but otherwise, I like people to think I'm a winner.”

Source : "Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman and Richard Kind on stand-up, improv and Jerry Seinfeld". Interview with Prachi Gupta, www.salon.com. January 19, 2014.
“I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.”

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