"Arrogance is an utterly appropriate weapon to use against a hostile world, a world in which arrogance is feared and respected, even if, like mine, it's only feigned."

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Source : Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Extinction: A Novel”, p.219, Vintage

Thomas Bernhard

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“There's a lot of pain and suffering out there. I think there needs to be more joy, and love, and ***** in the world. We are a pleasure-negati ve society. Suffering is much more acceptable. And I want to tell women that they are sexually powerful beings, but they often don't get in touch with it because they are socialized to please men.”
“I suddenly realized that in order to do what I wanted to do, I had to become that which I hated - which is the head of a record company or a digital media conglomerate - and just do whatever you want.”
“Not all cartoon humor is just about having bugged-out eyes and tongues flying out of people's heads.”

Source : "Collected Interviews: Voices from Twentieth-century Cinema". Book by Wheeler W. Dixon, 2001.
“Your life~the way it looks today is a result of your choices...What will you choose today for your tomorrows?”
“It's very, very hard to speak truth to power when the truth is unpleasant. I think it's one of the toughest things especially a young person has to do and the only way you can do it is if you're willing to walk out the door if he doesn't take your advice. Or if you're willing to walk out the door if he goes over the line.”
“The subject itself is of no account; what matters is the way it is presented.”
“We're still eating the leftovers of World War II.”
“Some kind of pace may be got out of the eeriest jade by the near prospect of oats; but the thoroughbred has the spur in his blood.”

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