"It is interesting to note that the "sexual revolution" was sometimes portrayed as a communal utopia, whereas in fact it was simply another stage in the historical rise of individualism. As the lovely word "household" suggests, the couple and the family would be the last bastion of primitive communism in liberal society. The sexual revolution was to destroy these intermediary communities, the last to separate the individual from the market. The destruction continues to this day."

-- Michel Houellebecq

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“What you think is what you get.”
“If you can't do, you'd best shut up about it.”
“Do the best you can do and wait the results in peace.”
“Tania, there is so much still ahead of you. Be patient with life”

Source : Paullina Simons (2009). “The Bronze Horseman”, p.84, Harper Collins
“In the New Testament it is taught that willing and voluntary service to others is the highest duty and glory in human life. . . . The men of talent are constantly forced to serve the rest. They make the discoveries and inventions, order the battles, write the books, and produce the works of art. The benefit and enjoyment go to the whole. There are those who joyfully order their own lives so that they may serve the welfare of mankind.”
“'Perfectionist' is the scariest word on a studio lot.”

Source : Peter Biskind (2010). “Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America”, p.232, Simon and Schuster
“After the occupation of Paris, Hitler visited Paris, which of course was a great jewel for him, and he wanted to go up on the Eiffel Tower and gaze down upon the city of Paris, which he'd conquered. For some reason the elevators mysteriously stopped working that day. Some people say it might have had to do with the French resistance. So he couldn't go up.”

Source : "Eiffel Tower Celebrates 125th Birthday". Interview With Jeremy Hobson, wwno.org. April 4, 2014.
“I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.”

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