"I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover artist was a different thing."

-- Adrian Tomine

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“Writing is in fact an entirely outworn, decayed and corrupt convention whose chief & most conspicuous character is its monumental witness to the conservatism, laziness and irrationality of men and women.”

Source : Eric Gill, Christopher Skelton (1993). “An Essay on Typography”, p.121, David R. Godine Publisher
“I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going.”
“Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!”
“... the business of life shuts us up within the environs of London and within sight of human advancement, which I should be so very glad to believe in without seeing.”
“Whether considered as a doctrine, or as an historical fact, or as a movemement, socialism, if it really remains socialism, cannotbe brought into harmony with the dogmas of the Catholic church.... Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are expressions implying a contradiction in terms.”
“America wants solutions. America wants a leader. No more tabloid politics.”
“Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.”

Source : "Jack Abramoff On Lobbying", www.npr.org. December 20, 2011.
“Because your child is your first priority, your're more selective, so in order to let someone into that world, they have to be really special. You cut out the bull - that you might fall for if you didn't have responsibilities.”

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