"Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complicated. It's the three failed marriages, and having kids that grew up without me, and it's the personal criticism, of being Mr. Nice Guy, or of divorcing my wife by fax, all that stuff, the journalism, some of which I find insulting."

-- Phil Collins

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“What you hold in your hand is proof of man's power - against which our strength means nothing. It has the force of 100 spears. I warn you, man's ingenuity goes hand-in-hand with their cruelty. No creature is as devious or violent.”
“Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.”

Source : Eric Hoffer (1951). “The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements”, New York : Harper
“I am often asked at what point in my love affair with films I began to want to be a director or a critic. Truthfully, I don't know. All I know is that I wanted to get closer and closer to films.”
“I mean, what 16-year-old is going to listen to Doc Watson?”
“Physically the Celts are terrifying in appearance, with deep sounding and very harsh voices. In conversation they use few words and speak in riddles, for the most part hinting at things and leaving a great deal to be understood. They frequently exaggerate with the aim of extolling themselves and diminishing the status of others. They are boasters and threateners and given to bombastic self-dramatization, and yet they are quick of mind and with good natural ability for learning.”
“Did you ever find that there is room between the two opposing rules of a paradox? That space between two almost opposite rules is the ground where I play and write.”
“The inclination to aggression constitutes the greatest impediment to civilization.”
“Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.”

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