"One aspect of fast London life I have never understood, for example, is the custom of the gym. Why do people go to gyms?"

-- Tom Hodgkinson

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“I, as a Muslim woman living in 1993, I want to have two things - the mosque and the satellite, both at the same time. And no one can mutilate me by telling me I cannot have the mosque or the Koran.”

Source : "Remembering Islamic Feminist Fatema Mernissi". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 10, 2015.
“My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time. He was always so frustrated having to work to support the family that I was like, I'm never going to do that. I don't want to just be working a menial job to support my family and dreaming of being an artist. We learn from our fathers in that way.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“The joy of surfing is so many things combined, from the physical exertion of it, to the challenge of it, to the mental side of the sport.”
“Philosophy appears to concern itself only with the truth, but perhaps expresses only fantasies, while literature appears to concern itself only with fantasies, but perhaps it expresses the truth.”

Source : Antonio Tabucchi (2010). “Pereira Maintains”, p.21, Canongate Books
“One of those professional drivers hit one of those blockade barriers. It was the first car accident I have ever been in, so I was a little startled.”
“After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.”
“Before my sister, Sara, and I went to bed at night, my mom would show us books on Manet and other artists. Even then I was always really interested in how the women looked in the images.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“I still have my laptop but I haven't used it. I'm a paper man, not electronic.”

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