"The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties."

-- Terry Eagleton

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“The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If itâ€™s a real dream, you cannot control it. When writing the book, you are awake; you can choose the time, the length, everything. I write for four or five hours in the morning and when the time comes, I stop. I can continue the next day. If itâ€™s a real dream, you canâ€™t do that.”
“Do what you do with love, and success is a natural symptom.”

Source : "The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Reinventing Yourself" by James Altucher, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2013.
“The architect must not only understand drawing, but music.”
“It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential.”
“People are considered pure of heart when they do not approach power and pomp; but those who can be near without being affected are the purest of all. People are considered high-minded when they do not know how to plot and contrive; but those who know how yet do not do so are the highest of all.”
“I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass... to stand up against such social evils”

Source : "Kailash Satyarthi's crusade to save childhood continues; 60 mn still need him" by Kumkum Das Gupta, www.hindustantimes.com. October 10, 2014.
“If I could/bind myself to this moment, to the slow//snare of its scent/what would it matter if I became//just the flutter of page/in a text someone turns//to examine me/in the wrong color?”

Source : Mary Szybist (2013). “Incarnadine: Poems”, p.13, Macmillan
“Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.”

Source : "McGreevey Describes 'Intensely Personal Decision' in Speech". James McGreevey's speech televised live from Trenton, www.nytimes.com. August 12, 2004.

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