"Like children all over the world, by the age of 10 I'd come to believe that most of the really humane creatures were not really human at all."

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Source : "Andrew O'Hagan on fiction's talking animals". www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2010.

Andrew O'Hagan

#Children Quotes #Believe Quotes #Age Quotes

“I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.”
“Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful.”
“Time will make it worse! You're...the other half of his soul. He's never going to get over you. And no matter how much you hope that you will... you'll never get over him. You're going to wake up one day and realize what you've done, and you're going to regret the time you wasted apart from him for the rest of your life.”
“I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.”

Source : Yayoi Kusama (2013). “Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama”, p.124, Tate Enterprises Ltd
“The Gospel acts without threats... it teaches us about the supreme goodwill of God towards us.”
“To put it another way, every love relationship is based upon unwritten conventions rashly agreed upon by the lovers during the first weeks of their love. On the one hand, they are living a sort of dream; on the other, without realizing it, they are drawing up the fine print of their contracts like the most hard-nosed of lawyers. O lovers! Be wary during those perilous first days! If you serve the other party breakfast in bed, you will be obliged to continue same in perpetuity or face charges of animosity and treason!”
“Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.”
“I have a radio show for the Sirius Satellite Radio Network. It's an interview show. It's called The Spectrum.”

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