"Socialists find me too far left; Trotskyites not far enough; ecologists say I am too happy eating foie gras, defending nuclear energy and GM plants; feminists find I am not enough of a woman; anarchists a petit-bourgeois who has sold out because I believe in universal suffrage."

-- Michel Onfray

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“It is very important not to think about losing.”
“The American motion picture is the greatest unconscious carrier of propaganda in the world today. It is a great distributor for ideas and opinions. The motion picture can standardize the ideas and habits of a nation. Because pictures are made to meet market demands, they reflect, emphasize and even exaggerate broad popular tendencies, rather than stimulate new ideas and opinions. The motion picture avails itself only of ideas and facts which are in vogue. As the newspaper seeks to purvey news, it seeks to purvey entertainment.”

Source : Edward L. Bernays (1930). “Propaganda”
“Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened.”

Source : Siri Hustvedt (2007). “A Plea for Eros: Essays”, p.41, Macmillan
“Wanting to be near my bread and butter business which was my hairstyling salon, I have done little touring during my lifetime. I hate all this moving around from hotel to hotel, packing and unpacking. I know many entertainers agree with me on this subject.”
“Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes time, hard work, persistence, patience, proper intent and self-awareness. The path to success is punctuated by failure, consolidation, and renewed effort.”
“I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.”
“I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.”
“There's the moon trying to look romanticMoon's too old that's her troubleAren't we all?”

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