"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."

-- Naguib Mahfouz

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“I don't care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes.”
“Right before I jumped out of a plane, I knew what Superman felt like.”

Source : "How did 'Glee' Star Harry Shum Jr. Spend his Summer? Skydiving!" by Cory Midgarden, www.mtv.com. September 17, 2012.
“If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to. It's been my life's work.”
“I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak”

Source : "Inside the Private world of Ian Hislop". Interview with Ginny Dougary, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 29, 2012.
“A man once said that the pinnacle of success Was when you've finally lost interest In money, compliments, and publicity A noble enough idea I suppose How on Earth he does this heaven only knows I know I need a lot more of all three of those Before I'll ever have the nerve to turn up my nose At any money, or compliments, or publicity”

Source : "Song: 'Money, Compliments, Publicity'". 2009.
“The dissolution of the trade unions was in the air then.”
“You worry too much. Eat some bacon...what? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon.”
“Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law -- for knowledge of self and of the world is the law that, even though unattainable, cannot be broken, and no one can excuse himself by saying that he doesn't know it. . . . The renewed originality of the sin is this: I have to carry out my unknowing, I shall be sinning originally against life.”

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