"American statesmen might like some Europeans more than others and even detect quaint resemblances to their own outlook; but they no more committed themselves to a particular group or country than a nineteenth-century missionary committed himself to the African tribe in which he happened to find himself."

-- A. J. P. Taylor

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“Writerâ€™s block is only a failure of the ego.”
“People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England.”
“You can't be protein deficient without being calorie deficient because even if you take the foods that have the least amount of protein in them, let's say potatoes, for example, or rice at 8 or 9%. That's the figure we more or less need.”
“If an actor commits properly to a role, they do a bit mad during a shoot. If they're going to do that, they should balance themselves by doing a role as a yoga teacher.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com
“If we think about it, all great discoveries and paradigm shifts are always stimulated by an external event.”
“I purposefully did not want to watch anything I've done so far; I actually don't like looking at my face, so I don't like watching myself on the screen. It's an insecurity thing I have.”

Source : "Sam Claflin, Finnick Odair: An Interview With The ‘Catching Fire’ Heartthrob". Interview with Dana Matthews, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 6, 2013.
“I look into the faces of people struggling with their own lives, and I do not see strangers.”
“It's not my intention to be understood. I will continue writing for a readership that is fundamentally local. Because if you want to produce universal writing, you run the risk of losing your local knowledge. Your views are so universalist that the street aspect disappears.”

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