"Time is rhythm: the insect rhythm of a warm humid night, brain ripple, breathing, the drum in my templeâ€”these are our faithful timekeepers; and reason corrects the feverish beat."

-- Vladimir Nabokov

#Night Quotes #Breathing Quotes #Faithful Quotes

“The Nazis hated culture itself, because it is essentially international and therefore subversive of nationalism. What they called Nazi culture was a local, perverted, nationalistic cult, by which a few major artists and many minor ones were honored for their Germanness, not their talent.”
“Picture a place called the Karma Kafe and it'll save me the bother of describing it. There was nothing in it you wouldn't expect, from the Buddha flowerpots to the wallpaper decorated with symbols that probably said, "If you bought this just because it looked pretty, may Buddha piss in your coffee, you culturally ignorant moron.”
“We are so much more powerful and important than we realize. In each moment that we connect with another, we have the opportunity to etch a memory into their heart.”
“Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows.”
“Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now.”

Source : Song: Elvis Has Just Left the Building
“There is a language of love, which is to say, a truth that does not tell all and a lie that does not deceive.”
“The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties.”

Source : "Jersey Boy". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. April 29, 2009.
“Scotland had oil, but it's running out thanks to all that deep frying.”

Source : 10 funniest jokes from the Edinburgh festival fringe 2014, www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2014.

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