"I would almost consider myself a canonical child of Generation X... because I think there is an ethic and aesthetic that goes along with that generation, it may have something to do with the fact that "Never Mind the Bollocks" was released when we were 16-years-old and that was really the album that crystalized a generation."

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Source : "An Afternoon with Mark Pesce: The Uncut Version". Interview with Gregory Pleshaw, hyperreal.org.

Mark Pesce

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes

“When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it. It humbles me that companies want me. It's a challenge to uphold their values and make their product look good. I take that personally.”
“I cannot do my job unless I am fully open to whatever comes. You're almost naked emotionally.”
“Sometimes men change for the better. Sometimes men change for the worse. And often, very often, given time and opportunity . . .â€™ He waved his flask around for a moment, then shrugged. â€˜They change back.”
“Paris Hilton's house was pretty exciting.”

Source : "The Bling Ring's Israel Broussard on Hanging Out in Paris Hilton's House and Mastering the Bold Blue Suit at Ferragamo". Interview with Matt Sebra, www.gq.com. June 24, 2013.
“I am really only myself when I'm somebody else whom I have endowed with these wonderful qualities from my imagination.”

Source : Zelda Fitzgerald (2013). “Save Me the Waltz: A Novel”, p.78, Simon and Schuster
“I write in spurts. I write when I have to because the pressure builds up and I feel enough confidence that something has matured in my head and I can write it down. But once something is really under way, I don't want to do anything else. I don't go out, much of the time I forget to eat, I sleep very little. It's a very undisciplined way of working and makes me not very prolific. But I'm too interested in many other things.”
“Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything.”

Source : "Moral Epistles". Book by Seneca,
“So I'm running in the park on Saturday, in shorts, thinking this [warm weather] is great, but are we all gonna die? You know? I can't, I can't figure this out.”

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