"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth."

-- Albert Camus

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“My one goal when I started was not to actually vomit on TV or run away.”
“Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.”
“But now Americans, they felt a sense of peace and protection because they've been separated by so many thousands of miles of ocean. And you know, the fact that it's come to the U.S. like this is so sad, and yet you know, what can you do? It's here.”
“One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers.”

Source : "This week" with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. September 12, 2010.
“I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“A staple of my personality is that I want what I want - and Im willing to do without until I get it.”
“Americans revere both the Constitution and an independent Court that applies the document's provisions. The Court has done many excellent things in our history, and few people are willing to see its power broken. The difficulty with all proposals to respond to the Court when it behaves unconstitutionally is that they would create a power to destroy the Court's essential work as well.”

Source : Robert H. Bork (2009). “The Tempting of America”, p.55, Simon and Schuster
“Start by using this sentence for all of your wants: "I'm so happy and grateful now that.... "”

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