"In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise."

-- Malcolm Muggeridge

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“Each time I told my story, I lost a bit, the smallest drop of pain. It was that day that I knew I wanted to tell the story of my family. Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.”
“Writers are damned liars. Every single one of them.”
“The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.”
“Like so many things Henry had wanted in life -- like his father, his marriage, his life -- it had arrived a little damaged. Imperfect. But he didn't care, this was all he'd wanted. Something to hope for, and he'd found it. It didn't matter what condition it was in.”

Source : Jamie Ford (2011). “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet”, p.130, Allison & Busby
“I think that it is a great achievement to put a person on the moon. But to put a person on the earth-that is even more.”
“Business could not make dull, nor passion wild; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole.”
“All the great amusements are dangerous for the Christian life.”
“It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies.”

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