"I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers."

-- Michael Palin

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“I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well.”
“It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it's got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be feeling.”
“You know being born is important to you. You know nothing else was ever so important to you.”
“I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.”

Source : "India's Man for All Seasons". Interview with Siddharth Srivastava, www.atimes.com. September 29, 2004.
“Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why you have special liberties and that's why you have special protections.”
“I dont know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.”
“There is nothing wrong with trying to exploit the natural human tendency to become impatient when forced to play a boring position.”
“Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere.”

Source : Seamus Heaney (2014). “New Selected Poems 1988-2013”, p.91, Faber & Faber

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