"It is not, of course, the subject that is or isn't dull, but the quality of attention that we do or do not pay to it. Dull subjects are those we have failed."

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Source : William Matthews (1989). “Curiosities”, Univ of Michigan Pr

William Matthews

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“Love is the first lie; wisdom the last.”
“Anyone who has spent five seconds in my company, or two seconds in my bedroom knows that I am not a white supremacist.”
“I think I was very young when I became interested in fashion.”
“We see, then, that the disappearance of the conscious personality, the predominance of the unconscious personality, the turning by means of suggestion and contagion of feelings and ideas in an identical direction, the tendency to immediately transform the suggested ideas into acts; these, we see, are the principal characteristics of the individual forming part of a crowd. He is no longer himself, but has become an automaton who has ceased to be guided by his will.”

Source : Gustave Le Bon (1960). “Psychologie des foules”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“You have to be very nimble and very open minded. Your success is going to be very dependent on how your adapt.”
“You don't have to spend eight years of your life trying to get something done. You can get your answers very quickly, and there's something satisfying about that.”
“Well they do have drug testing at all the majors and there will be a lot of speculation about what in the world is wrong with Serena Williams and we will find out as much as we can.”
“Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more rational and lucid than the girls and women he gets to know during his analytic hours.”

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