"I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization; the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization."

-- Naguib Mahfouz

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“Usually at the core of fiction that has some element of the absurd there tends to be an examination of some societal ills that we should talk about more than we do. And it's funny, of course, so we have that release valve with absurdism. It offers us a safe way to explore difficult subject matter.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“No literature is sound, no philosophy of action workable, if it doesn't take a hard look at itself.”

Source : John W. Campbell (2011). “Cloak of Aesir”, p.6, Hachette UK
“Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.”
“It is worthwhile to live and fight courageously for sacred ideals.”
“Sometimes a rural life - without agricultural culture, community, or land - it means that you're a very long drive from everything. It's a big cultural isolation in terms of any kind of schooling where you could get exposed to things that might push the positive buttons. The geography of where people find themselves situated, both in metropolises and in the heartland, really starts to matter.”

Source : "Debra Granik on "poverty porn," self-worth, and her new film, Stray Dog". Interview with Sam Fragoso, www.avclub.com. July 11, 2015.
“I think more like a quantum Buddhist, in that there is a universal proto-conscious mind which we access, and can influence us. But it actually exists at the funda-mental level of the universe, at the Planck scale.”
“Today is the greatest Day I've ever known Can't live for tomorrow, Tomorrow's much too long...”
“A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.”

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