"To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real."

-- Augusto Roa Bastos

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“I've often felt that life is a hard deal and it's unrelentingly tragic and an uphill fight.”
“So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your spirit. Spirit is the only thing that can kindle another spirit.”
“In trying to explain our political paralysis, analysts cite President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for important legislation. These are large factors to be sure, but that list neglects what may be the biggest culprit of all: the childishness, ignorance, and growing incoherence of the public at large.”
“Zionist willingness to compromise met by Palestinian rejection and Jew hatred.”

Source : Sol Stern (2013). “A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred”, p.1938, Encounter Books
“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.”
“I don't know if it's the sunshine, or the fact that I actually have a job, but I do like L.A. a lot. In New York, it can be gray and rainy and cold, and you still don't have any money, and you feel like a bad Dickens character.”
“Let's start a new tomorrow, today.”

Source : Neil Gaiman (2005). “Anansi Boys”
“In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't know.”

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