"In oratory the greatest art is to hide art."

-- Jonathan Swift

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“Dad was also a deeply, unabashedly religious man... , But he never made the fatal mistake of so many politicians - wearing his faith on his sleeve to gain political advantage.”
“Most people can't imagine a life that is any different from the one they are actually living. They can dream about it, they can even go into the streets and demonstrate for it, but they still can't imagine what it would be like.”

Source : Ivan Klíma, Paul Wilson (2006). “Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light”, p.18, Grove Press
“If you've made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.”
“The best thing that can happen to people entering creative professions is the dwindling of all other possibilities.”
“Effective negotiators have a style that those whom they are trying to influence, relate to and admire.”
“You have more and more people coming into the tent with the creative guys [on Hollywood films]. You have marketing and concept testers, advertising people. What you find gets the high numbers is easily appealing subjects: a baby, a big broad joke, a high concept. Everything is tested. The effect is to lessen the gamble, but in fact you destroy a writer's confidence and creativity once so many people are invited into the tent.”
“I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.”
“If experience has taught me anything, its not to put ANYTHING past people in government.”

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