"None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not."

-- Baruch Spinoza

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“Bernard Williams has been a distinctive presence on the intellectual scene for more than three decades. . . . His writings do not offer the dubious exhilaration of grand philosophical theory, in which messy reality is tamed and caged, but the thrill of seeing pretension punctured by a kind of high-voltage common sense (backed up by impressive erudition). . . . There is no one in philosophy quite like him.”
“I throw down the gauntlet to chance. For example, I prepare the ground for a picture by cleaning my brush over the canvas. Spilling a little turpentine can also be helpful.”
“When you start to become a movie star it's easy to believe that you are Superman. That can fool you. That's why I prefer not to pay much attention to fame.”
“Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of the word. Thus it is a fundamental requirement of all artistic creativity that every student undergo a thorough training in the workshops of all branches of the crafts.”

Source : "Paul Klee, 1879-1940: Poet of Colours, Masters of Lines". Book by Paul Klee and Susanna Partsch, p. 47, 2000.
“Talk about burning books and burning bushes, I think that reading an effective novel can be like being immersed in fire and emerging as something a little different.”
“Although the term dialogue was really a euphemism for scientists trying to kill each other, this format worked very well...”

Source : João Magueijo (2004). “Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation”, Penguin Group USA
“Planet Earth, gentle and blue With all my heart, I love you. Dancing the Dream by Michael Jackson”
“The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second.”

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