"Everything our civilization has produced is entombed."

-- W. G. Sebald

#Civilization Quotes

“Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.”

Source : "Q&A: Alexa Chung" by Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2011.
“I am not afraid of anybody. Â This is a tough game. Â You can't be intimidated. Â You can't be frightened. Â And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell.”
“Discover the times when you're most creative - mornings, nights, afternoons - and clear the time to work then. Many writers find the mornings are best, and the afternoons are only good for editorial corrections, or getting the washing done. Others can only work through the night, drunk.”
“Faith is in the eye of the beholder.”
“The manager administers; the leader innovates.”
“When I'm approaching a water jump, with dozens of photographers waiting for me to fall in, and hundreds of spectators wondering what's going to happen next, the horse is just about the only one who doesn't know I am Royal!”
“A man must go on a quest / to discover the sacred fire / in the sanctuary of his own belly / to ignite the flame in his heart / to fuel the blaze in the hearth / to rekindle his ardor for the earth”
“It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one.”

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