"But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens."

-- Jane Byrne

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“According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, the annual amount spent globally on advertising aimed at increasing consumption topped $430 billion in 1998.Consumer capitalism is dedicated to the proposition that production is good in itself, no matter what is produced. The net effect is the massive production of absurd, empty and useless items which are nevertheless utterly serious since we earn our living from them, and dedicate our leisure time to them.”
“Working with artists and other poets has made me aware that there was a bigger "me" that I hadn't been quite aware of. Plus we had a good time. It's so much fun to write, for example, with a big brush on a giant piece of paper and to help create visually attractive and surprising objects, which is not what you normally do when you're writing a poem. It's wonderful to create these pieces with artists.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“One must never be perfidious to his master. In the Lun Yu it says: One should act according to the way even in times of haste. One should act according to the way even in times of danger. It says further: 'When one is serving his master, he should exert himself.'”
“Literature, real literature, must not be gulped down like some potion which may be good for the heart or good for the brainâ€”the brain, that stomach of the soul. Literature must be taken and broken to bits, pulled apart, squashedâ€”then its lovely reek will be smelt in the hollow of the palm, it will be munched and rolled upon the tongue with relish; then, and only then, its rare flavor will be appreciated at its true worth and the broken and crushed parts will again come together in your mind and disclose the beauty of a unity to which you have contributed something of your own blood.”
“Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.”

Source : "My week" by Christopher Hampton, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2009.
“Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you.”

Source : Alan Ayckbourn (1988). “The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays”, p.28, Grove Press
“My kids are in front of the computer 247 despite having all the parental control. There is no way to stop the flow of information. The flow of information is too fast and too much.”
“God, help me remember that when I admit and accept the truth, I'll be given the power and guidance to change.”

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