"Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests, and an exchange of good offices; it is a species of commerce out of which self-love always expects to gain something."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.”
“The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for many people...The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be.”
“I have always been accused of taking the things I love â€“ football, of course, but also books and records â€“ much too seriously, and I do feel a kind of anger when I hear a bad record, or when someone is lukewarm about a book that means a lot to me. Perhaps it was these desperate, bitter men in the West Stand at Arsenal who taught me how to get angry in this way; and perhaps it is why I earn some of my living as a critic â€“ maybe itâ€™s those voices I can hear when I write. â€˜Youâ€™re a WANKER, X.â€™ â€˜The Booker Prize? THE BOOKER PRIZE? They should give that to me for having to read you.”
“A lot of people have a dissatisfaction or an anger in them, so as soon as something goes awry, they flip out.”
“Big hooks have always been a part of American movie-making. So, to make a movie where you're just driving story through the characters without a high-concept is a challenge.”
“God knows the needs of his children, and he often works through us, prompting us to help one another. When we act on such promptings, we tread on holy ground, for we are allowed the opportunity to serve as an agent of God in answering a prayer.”
“Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.”
“Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.”

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