"Falling in love with another man is like falling into a vast vat of yourself. For some men this is ultimately nourishing, for others . . . it is drowning."

“I accept the fact that I'm going to miss it sometimes. I just hope I miss it where I can find it.”

“Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.”

“The biggest mistake Barack Obama could have made is to change quite a few things in his Afghanistan policy. He increased the number of troops and at the same time set the US withdrawal date to 2014. Now the United States has to ensure that Afghanistan does not immediately collapse after being left to itself in 2014.”

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“There was a sky somewhere above the tops of the buildings, with stars and a moon and all the things there are in a sky, but they were content to think of the distant street lights as planets and stars. If the lights prevented you from seeing the heavens, then preform a little magic and change reality to fit the need. The street lights were now planets and stars and moon.”

“Fighters are afraid of conditioning, they are afraid of getting tired, but I don’t want to have anxiety or be afraid of anything. I can go 100 percent out there and never have to worry about getting tired. Everybody says fighting is 90 percent mental, and it’s true. Knowing you can go 15 minutes or 25 minutes without any problem can help you sustain that mental advantage over your opponent...”

“Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.”

“While having policy debate, we need to hold the race in a way to attract people toward the DPJ.”

“I am not married, no. I wasn't really into the notion when I was younger, but now I think a proposal is the ultimate romantic gesture.”