"Have you noticed that many jewels make women either incredibly fat or incredibly thin?"

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James M. Barrie

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“Basically, the way you get into any role is just doing research on the type of character you're playing.”
“My Lord, what love is this that pays so dearly. That I, the guilty one, may go free!”
“In urging all writers to be steadfast in reliance on the ultimate victory of excellence, we should no less strenuously urge upon them to beware of the intemperate arrogance which attributes failure to a degraded condition of the public mind. The instinct which leads the world to worship success is not dangerous. The book which succeeds accomplishes its aim. The book which fails may have many excellencies, but they must have been misdirected.”
“President Obama is not polarizing, but the media sure is.”
“I'm more interested in the idea of role-playing in general than the idea of role-playing in art. I like the childlike quality of making pretend or the optimistic idea of pretending something's happening when it's not.”
“Delicious foods are drugs that will inflame the gut and rot the bones, but there is no harm if one eats moderately. Delightful things are all purveyors of destruction and decadence, but there is no regret if one enjoys them moderately.”
“My dream is to have a beautiful old house in Monaco.”
“If the world is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.”

Source : Daniel Quinn (2009). “Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure”, p.7, Broadway Books

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