"In Europe one needs to act ‘as if’ – as if what was wanted was little, in order to obtain much, as if States were to remain sovereign to convince them to concede sovereignty … The Commission in Brussels, for example, should act as if it were a technical instrument, in order to be able to be treated as a government. And so on by disguise and subterfuge."

-- Giuliano Amato

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“Art is an artificial organization of experience ...”
“I want to communicate with people, and I want to make something that works, and that people like. I'm never purposefully trying to be antagonistic or shocking or anything that would push an audience away. I'm always hoping to reach as many people as I can.”

Source : Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com
“Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to pitch a no-hitter. All I want to do is the best I can, day after day. In other words, I want to prove I am the best.”
“The reality of the individualis an incoherent reality and must be expressed incoherently.”
“The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.”

Source : Commencement address at York University, Toronto, Canada, 6 Nov. 1982
“Language is a tool for concealing the truth. If we could read each other's minds, this would be a horror show.”

Source : "Stand-up comic - Interview". The Progressive Vol. 65 Nbr., July 7, 2001.
“I love all the shoe shops in Covent Garden. Laura Lee Jewellery on Monmouth Street for delicate gold jewellery. Every time I get a part in an English movie, I buy myself a piece of jewellery from there.”
“Did you ever wake up with an erection...and find yourself in a massage chair at Brookstone? And you yell to the sales clerk "I'll take it!"”

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