"The companionship of dead writers is a wonderful form of live friendship."

-- Julian Barnes

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“Actuality is when the lighthouse is dark between flashes: it is the instant between the ticks of the watch: it is a void interval slipping forever through time: the rupture between past and future: the gap at the poles of the revolving magnetic field, infinitesimally small but ultimately real. It is the interchronic pause when nothing is happening. It is the void between events.”

Source : Artscribe. Nr. 7; 13; 17-18, (p. 36), 1977.
“We hired a CSR person at Twitter, years before we hired our first sales person, to make sure we had a culture and impact of doing good.”
“We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans.”
“My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.”
“I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.”
“I've always had the perspective that roles come into my life when I need them most and sort of teach me lessons. The same can be true of films, films are released into society to aid in a lesson, inspire people, comfort people.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism.”
“Put on the company hat. (Be willing to accept actions that may have a negative impact upon a particular component but are in the best interests of the company as a whole.)”

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