"What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power."

-- John Cheever

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“There is an uncalculating, unaffected, unbound excitement in us when the Spirit is given freedom to express Himself through us.”
“Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.”

Source : "Meagan Good The "Deception" Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.
“Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.”
“People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well”
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
“You and I, we'll be together 'til the six is nine.”
“Well, the actual function of the brain, not so sure yet. There's a lot of different theories about it, but when you talk about psychologically in your brain, a lot of people with insomnia, though not all, report that they can't turn their minds off.”
“I am now even more persuaded of the urgent need to study why Socrates was accused. The dislike of philosophy is perennial, and the seeds of the condemnation of Socrates are present at all times, not in the bosoms of pleasure-seekers, who don't give a damn, but in those of high-minded and idealistic persons who do not want to submit their aspirations to examination.”

Source : "Giants and Dwarfs". Book by Allan Bloom. Chapter: "Western Civ," p. 19, 1990.

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