"There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny."

-- Lascelles Abercrombie

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“I was heavily influenced by Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright.”
“Up to this moment I have been pleased to entrust the government of my affairs to the late Cardinal. It is now time that I govern them myself. You [secretaries and ministers of state] will assist me with your counsels when I ask for them. I request and order you to seal no orders except by my command, . . . I order you not to sign anything, not even a passport . . . without my command; to render account to me personally each day and to favor no one.”
“People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.”
“There are times when I wouldn't rule violence out. I personally don't like violence at all. But it wasn't until we had the Trafalgar Square riots that the Poll Tax went out in Britain. When people take to the streets and fight the police, it's the one thing the government can't control. You can march round in circles for the rest of your life and they can ignore it, but once you start damaging property and fighting with the police, they can't. Even though they tar you with a brush and say you're a set of bastards, they have to actually tone down what they are doing.”
“Inner experience ... is not easily accessible and, viewed from the outside by intelligence, it would even be necessary to see in it a sum of distinct operations, some intellectual, others aesthetic, yet others moral. ... It is only from within, lived to the point of terror, that it appears to unify that which discursive thought must separate.”
“Persecution is a very easy form of virtue.”
“Actually... I'm starting a new thing and rebelling against ridiculously high heels. It's inhumane.”

Source : Exclusive Twitterview with Nina Dobrev, www.seventeen.com. May 20, 2011.
“But the cinephile is â€¦ a neurotic! (Thatâ€™s not a pejorative term.) The Bronte sisters were neurotic, and itâ€™s because they were neurotic that they read all those books and became writers. The famous French advertising slogan that says, â€œWhen you love life, you go to the movies,â€ itâ€™s false! Itâ€™s exactly the opposite: when you donâ€™t love life, or when life doesnâ€™t give you satisfaction, you go to the movies.”

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