"To live with the work and the letters of James Joyce was an enormous privilege and a daunting education. Yes, I came to admire Joyce even more because he never ceased working, those words and the transubstantiation of words obsessed him. He was a broken man at the end of his life, unaware that Ulysses would be the number one book of the twentieth century and, for that matter, the twenty-first."

-- Edna O'Brien

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“What a jolly thing military surveillance is!”

Source : Belle Boyd (1865). “Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison”, p.382
“In any of the big acting cities, there are breakdowns that the casting directors put together for the projects that they're working on and then they get sent out to the agents and stuff like that. It's difficult to find projects, sometimes, unless your agent or manager is submitting you for those specific projects.”
“The premium single-cup segment is the fastest-growing business within the global coffee industry.”
“Something fundamental about the myth of the Jew has resurfaced.”
“Never make any reference to the other person's family. "You're just like your - " because that is out, completely.”
“My life has been amazing. How many other ladies of 76 can say that the snapshot on their senior citizen's card was taken by Norman Parkinson?”
“Most people in the Middle East at the moment, even if they are totally open-minded about possible peace, nobody does anything. It's an age of indifference in a way. It's like: "OK, terrible things are happening here, terrible things are happening there... forget it. We'll keep on going for our own benefit."”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.”

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