"After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You have to be very careful when you judge and execute somebody for being a symbol."

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Source : "James Caan: What I've Learned". Interview with Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

Adam Michnik

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“The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.”
“Because sometimes the best leaders are the ones who have no interest in leading. Those are often the ones who are most interested in doing what is right, not what is popular.”

Source : Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing 2: Independent Study”, p.36, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
“When we really want to hear, and be heard by, someone we love, we do not go rushing into noisy crowds. Silence is a form of intimacy. That's how we experience it with our friends and lovers. As relationships grow deeper and more intimate, we spend more and more quiet time alone with our lover. We talk in low tones about the things that matter... That is why Christ comes to us when our hearts and minds are still and silent.”
“...History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn't fade overnight or over centuries.”

Source : Elizabeth Kostova (2010). “The Historian”, p.50, Hachette UK
“I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way through your greatest hits.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“The Internet is a strange, strange place that is full of lies. I would say mostly lies.”
“No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things.”
“Mineral cactai, quicksilver lizards in the adobe walls, the bird that punctures space, thirst, tedium, clouds of dust, impalpable epiphanies of wind. The pines taught me to talk to myself. In that garden I learnedto send myself off. Later there were no gardens.”

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