"I try to imagine how we would live if we didn't know we were going to die. Would we live our lives differently? Less careful, maybe? Less scared? These are beautiful things to think about and build a song around."

-- Beth Gibbons

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“In the eyes of the Iranians, they don't respect or fear Barack Obama. He drew a line against Assad when he used chemical weapons and did nothing about it. And our friends, the Arabs and the Israelis, don't trust President Obama.”
“It is a fallacy to think that carping is the strongest form of criticism: the important work begins after the artist's mistakes have been pointed out, and the reviewer can't put it off indefinitely with sneers, although some neophytes might be tempted to try: "When in doubt, stick out your tongue" is a safe rule that never cost one any readers. But there's nothing strong about it, and it has nothing to do with the real business of criticism, which is to do justice to the best work of one's time, so that nothing gets lost.”

Source : "Essays in Disguise" by Wilfrid Sheed, Knopf, (pp. xvi-xvii), 1990.
“Regeneration, however it is described, is a divine activity in us, in which we are not the actors but the recipients.”
“Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better”
“There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.”

Source : T. E. Hulme, Patrick McGuinness (2003). “Selected Writings”, p.18, Psychology Press
“It is ridiculous that I have so many shoes I don't wear. I worry that they're sitting there, being sad.”
“I am selective, but at the same time, I want to be out there as an actor and show people my range.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Smoking's a way to let you down slowly from a ballgame. It also makes you use less of the resources around. It makes people better in the way they act towards society. Everybody's nicer. It's hard to be mean when you're stoned.”

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