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“There is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source.”
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“Sports keep you feeling cheerful, feeling spirited, it's a kind of a thriving feeling.”
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“The moment of inspiration can come from memory, or language, or the imagination, or experience - anything that makes an impression forcibly enough for language to form.”
Source : "I still haven't written the best I can" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.
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“Every man's world picture is and always remains a construct of his mind and cannot be proved to have any other existence.”
Source : Erwin Schrodinger (2012). “What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches”, p.122, Cambridge University Press
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“I'm always driven by something. It doesn't matter what it is, it could be the smallest task or something huge.”
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“I love bookshelves, and stacks of books, spines, typography, and the feel of pages between my fingertips. I love bookmarks, and old bindings, and stars in margins next to beautiful passages. I love exuberant underlinings that recall to me a swoon of language-love from a long-ago reading, something I hoped to remember. I love book plates, and inscriptions in gifts from loved ones, I love author signatures, and I love books sitting around reminding me of them, being present in my life, being. I love books.”
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“And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.”
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“Want to know the key to a long-lasting relationship? Don't go with your loved one to Ikea. One psychologist says the stress of a visit to the popular furniture store can cause serious friction between couples, whether it's disputes over what to buy or spats while you assemble the items that you bought there.”