"The writer cultivates, extends, raises and inflates his imagination, sure that this is his destiny, his usefulness, his contribution to the understanding of good and evil. As he inflates his imagination he inflates his capacity for evil."

-- John Cheever

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“By downplaying clear targets and frameworks, ... the Prime Minister is ignoring calls from UK companies who want a clear framework to operate within now. There has been a lot of discussion about the false choice between targets and technologies, but the reality is that without both we cannot achieve either.”
“It is clear that history differs from the other disciplines in having an approach and not an area of its own.”

Source : Leonard Krieger, M. L. Brick (1992). “Ideas and Events: Professing History”, p.152, University of Chicago Press
“Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing.”
“If you find yourself focusing on negative scenarios, ask us angels to transmute this fearful energy into love.”
“The key to spontaneous wit is an unburdened mind.”
“The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.”
“I ain't mad ma, see you on ya bummy swag I'm in that money green Jag, lot of money bags”
“If it's a good record or a good recording, then word of mouth will build for that reason, not before the fact, not before anyone's heard it, not because of MySpace or the label.”

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