"Ideas come and go, stories stay."

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#Ideas Quotes #Stories Quotes #Comes And Goes Quotes

“(E)ach generation thinks it invented sex; each generation is totally mistaken. Anything along that line today was commonplace both in Pompeii and in Victorian England; the differences lie only in the degree of coverup -- if any.”
“Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.”
“That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.”

Source : "I'm no scouse specialist" by Claire Armitstead, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2001.
“It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.”
“I'm set to have my best year ever: I'm hiring some acts and there will be a show in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. I'm going to use my theater to its fullest potential.”
“We don't hire ministers or priests to teach and care for us. This forces us to teach and care for each other - and in my view, this is the core of Christian living as Christ taught it.”
“The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays.”
“I'm constantly trying to make myself better, to learn more. I didn't finish college, so I feel like I'm always having to prove myself. I don't want to feel like the smallest person in the room.”

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