"All a work of art can do is present the surface. I can't know the insides of people. I know very little about the inside of myself."

-- John Banville

#Art Quotes #People Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Growing up I always used to shop in Oxfam. I'd find things for 50p and then take them home, cut them up and make them into something new.”
“War like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few. The cost of operations is always transferred to the people who do not profit.”
“I am convinced that the reason why my kids have become very fulfilled and achieving human beings is because I wasn't raising them alone.”
“Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself.”
“To overcome the academic prose you have first to overcome the academic pose,”

Source : C. Wright Mills (2000). “The Sociological Imagination”, p.219, Oxford University Press
“What fiction does is bring you closer to the essence of truth, as opposed to simply giving you the truth. And there's no knowing truth. Truth seekers are all charlatans. You can only feel the truth of something.”
“The importance of these [college] years for an American cannot be overestimated. They are civilization's only chance to get to him.”
“Everyone should ride the bus so that I can drive.”

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