"He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense."

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Source : FaceBook post by Philip Roth from Jul 27, 2011

Philip Roth

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“The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.”
“I turn away with fright and horror from the lamentable evil of functions which do not have derivatives.”
“I believe that if you have good organizational skills, then creativity can come out of that, but it's hard to be really creative when everything is a mess. And in a restaurant, organizational skills are imperative.”

Source : "Anne Burrell Talks Wedding Plans and 'Chef Wanted'". Interview with Lisa Hirsch, www.etonline.com. January 31, 2013.
“One of the most important things to me is to make things real, not have models who are perfectly groomed or clothes that are too perfect. It all has to have a twist because that's how people live.”
“I see a flower. It gives me a sensation of the beautiful. I wish to paint it. And as soon as I wish to paint it I see the whole subject - flower - changed. It is now an art problem to resolve.”
“They say love is blindness of heart; I say not to love is blindness.”
“My life is slowed up by thought and the need to understand what I am living.”
“You can't have the legislative and executive branch working in a parallel universe...the partisanship that has gripped Washington has prevented us from dealing with the issues that this country needs to grapple with to determine its future.”

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