"It is Proust's courtesy to spare the reader the embarrassment of believing himself cleverer than the author."

-- Theodor Adorno

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“The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.”
“There are very few actresses who can grow old and still get exciting parts I think it's very important for me to have wider horizons, rather than just waiting for calls.”

Source : Source: www.sbs.com.au
“Arsenic sticks around and today it's easily found after death if somebody thinks of looking for it, because the problem with arsenic, it isn't looked for in the common tests for drugs.”

Source : "Sunday Morning" with Anderson Cooper, www.cnn.com. May 4, 2003.
“I would feel so guilty about lying that I would try to stress myself out and work up a headache so I wouldn't have the guilt of not having a bit of the symptom.”
“I love the dynamic contrast between the spontaneous shots and the more formal, pro-rock-star photos.”
“My brother and I both like sarcastic, insulting comedy, so that's a way we communicate. Somehow that's what we learned. My mom is not a really sarcastic person. She's a really sort of overly loving person, and my brother and I came out little cynical bastards.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
“I used the N-word instead of calling him Trevor. I used it just not thinking... I told Trev this is an old wound with me. I grew up with it. I am sorry as anybody that it stuck with me.”

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