"It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man."

-- Pierre Loti

“If there's a message, it's that the unlovable and unattractive parts of ourselves should be embraced. The only real currency between people is what happens when they're not cool. And I hope people feel OK about not being cool.”
“In my teenage years I was put off the idea of a career in flying, because I'd convinced myself that you had to be a boffin with degrees in maths and physics, which were my weakest subjects.”
“Water is the driving force of all nature.”
“For the plain people of Ireland... If your car's got a puncture, and you know its got a puncture and its still got a puncture after two weeks, then you don't know how how to change a tyre.”
“I think it's unconscionable for a Senator from Massachusetts to come down here and tell the people of Florida what's right for them. It's arrogant and irresponsible.”
“Young artists wish for inspired moments. And you find them; you take them; eager artists are bandits. Theatrical moments arrive, and...you grab. Good! You know it will draw attention to you. But you aim to be more than bandits, no? So, okay...now be Samurai.”
“As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves... they feel better then. They find it easier to live.”

Source : "The Last Wish". Book by Andrzej Sapkowski, 1993.

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