"Will Rogersâ€¦used to come out with a newspaper and pretend he was a yokel criticizing the intellectuals who ran the government. I come out with a newspaper and pretend Iâ€™m an intellectual making fun of the yokels running the government."

-- Mort Sahl

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“The artistâ€™s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the artists, who are self-selected, for being able to journey into the Other, if the artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.”
“Iâ€™ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. Itâ€™s the silence that scares me. Itâ€™s the blank page on which I can write my own fears. The spirits of the dead have nothing on it. The dead one tried to show me hell, but it was a pale imitation of the horror I can paint on the darkness in a quiet moment.”
“A benevolent mind, and the face assumes the patterns of benevolence. An evil mind, then an evil face.”
“It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code, not Intelligence or Resistance code -- just feminine code.”

Source : Elizabeth Wein (2012). “Code Name Verity”, p.122, Egmont UK
“If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.”
“Anger and desire for revenge can be a great motivating force. It's either that or you allow it to affect your confidence and that can be crippling.”

Source : "Seamus Dever: On being Vegetarian, Remembering the Wins and balancing Patience with Ambition". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 25, 2015.
“I believe that by living as athletes we live more fully.”
“What I try very hard to do is have an hour or so in the morning when I leave the house and don't have my phone with me. I'll go sit in a cafe and read and handwrite in my notebook and not be facing a screen. My head will be clear. I will be able to hear myself think. Because honestly for the rest of the day it's just screens, screens, screens.”

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