"i discovered that my obsession for having each thing in the right place, each subject at the right time, each word in the right style, was not the well-deserved reward of an ordered mind, but just the opposite: a complete system of pretense invented by me to hide the disorder of my nature."

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#Opposites Quotes #Style Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I don't know what happened, but a few years ago they suddenly went bankrupt and Gibson bought the whole outfit. Since then they haven't seemed to be doing an awfully good job of providing pianos.”

Source : "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.
“I was reading books about the Nazi presence not only in Argentina, but all over Latin America, and time and after time this information would come up.”
“The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.”

Source : Lincoln Chafee's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.
“The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.”
“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.”

Source : "Business needs to learn to see separate challenges as part of the whole" by Giles Hutchins, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2012.
“Part of my preparation for the World Champion match against Kasparov was to be ready for his off-board tactics. I did not to react to them at all. Once you start thinking about these things during the game, even analysing them, you're caught.”
“Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better”
“The occultist is brought into intelligent communication with the spirits of the air, and can receive any knowledge which they possess, or any false impression they choose to impart...the demons seem permitted to do various wonders at their request.”

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