"I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing."

-- Tatyana Tolstaya

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“The outstanding feature of behavior is that it is often quite easy to recognize but extremely difficult or impossible to describe with precision.”

Source : "Toward Definition of Mind" edited by Jordan Ma Scher, Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press, (p. 92), 1962.
“Excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed.”
“The relationship between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior, nor that of master and servant, but rather that of teacher and scholar. In fact, it should partake of the nature of the relationship between father and son, to the extent that officers, especially commanding officers, are responsible for the physical, mental, and moral welfare, as well as the discipline and military training of the young men under their command.”
“Whatever good there is in the world I inherit from the courage and work of those who went before me. I, in turn, have a responsibility to make things better for those who will inherit the earth from me.”
“Willingness to take risks is the path to success.”

Source : Biz Stone (2014). “Things A Little Bird Told Me”, p.55, Pan Macmillan
“Every endeavor should be used to weaken and destroy all those institutions relating to corporations, apprenticeships, &c, which cause the labours of agriculture to be worse paid than the labours of trade and manufactures.”
“You allow people to treat you the way they do. Your energy, confidence and attitude is the currency that others will transact with.”
“I am like Dante, I walk through hell, but I am not burning.”

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