"The universe seems to me infinitely strange and foreign. At such a moment I gaze upon it with a mixture of anguish and euphoria; separate from the universe, as though placed at a certain distance outside it; I look and I see pictures, creatures that move in a kind of timeless time and spaceless space, emitting sounds that are a kind of language I no longer understand or ever register."

-- Eugene Ionesco

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“I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not just for entertainment but was rooted in something I could relate to on a real level, then I think I would do it.”
“Being is unrecognizable unless it manages to seem, and seeming is feeble unless it manages to be.”
“The sick man is taken away by the institution that takes charge not of the individual, but of his illness, an isolated object transformed or eliminated by technicians devoted to the defense of health the way others are attached to the defense of law and order or tidiness.”
“The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.”

Source : "Lee Westwood: the secret toughness of a natural No1". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2010.
“Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.”

Source : "Rachel Johnson: 'The "Boris's sister" thing pisses me off'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2012.
“When you're not afraid to fail, you'll most certainly have the confidence to succeed.”
“Critics have stepped up their attacks on the President for authorizing the National Security Agency to listen to international communications of known al Qaeda members or affiliated terrorists during a time of war. The American people expect their leaders to stay a step ahead of the enemy, and the National Security Agency authorization is a critical tool in the War on Terror that saves lives and protects civil liberties at the same time.”
“Not every rider is a horseman and not every horseman is a knight.”

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