"I think I was interested in history without knowing it and that became very clear when I arrived in France. Everything that I was really interested in was there, but I knew nothing, no education, no art education, no education beyond high school. It was extremely overwhelming and it still is."

-- John Howe

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“You know what I'm great at? Trivial Pursuit. What good is that gonna do you in life? It has the word 'trivial' in the name. The game is basically telling you that you pursue trivial things. Trivial - as in not important. Trivial - as in maybe you should've gone to grad school.”
“Chess is and will always be a game of chance.”
“My biggest fear is overreaching. I have been in situations where I felt swamped, and it's turned out really well; and I've had other situations where I've had to walk off the film after five minutes because I realized I was in way over my head.”
“We're never gonna survive unless we go a little crazy.”
“War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.”
“Things about yourself are never too terrible to say. It's only the things about the ones you love.”
“The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.”
“I was sitting in my office when someone called to tell me two light planes had collided with the World Trade Centre. I turned on my television; before long, there was this procession of people of all kinds walking up the street. What I remember most was the silence of that crowd; there was no sound.”

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