"It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more in the nature of a curve, and it is a fact that Welsh affairs are entangled always in parabola, double-meaning and implication. This makes for a web-like interest...."

-- Jan Morris

#Curves Quotes #Lines Quotes #Facts Quotes

“I'm marrying my common-law wife, Beth, the Christian way, with a preacher and all that.”

Source : "Dog to wed in third season of 'Bounty Hunter'" by the Associated Press, www.today.com. March 21, 2006.
“I find myself a fascinating subject.”
“Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.”
“The point is to live everything.”
“I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.”
“I was a theater guy growing up and I wanted to be Al Pacino, and I think I just looked and sounded too funny.”
“To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist never is at one with any public.”

Source : William Empson (1935). “Some Versions of Pastoral”, p.14, New Directions Publishing
“The Jews run all the banks. Well, we do. The Jews run the media. Well, we do. You know, I mean they're right about all that stuff.”

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