"They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own."

-- William Cowper

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“I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.”
“If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.”
“I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.”

Source : "'This American Life,' en Español". Interview with Ian Gordon, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2012.
“D'Alembert was always surrounded by controversy. ... he was the lightning rod which drew sparks from all the foes of the philosophes. ... Unfortunately he carried this... pugnacity into his scientific research and once he had entered a controversy, he argued his cause with vigour and stubbornness. He closed his mind to the possibility that he might be wrong.”
“If letters did not exist, what dark depressions would come over one! When one has been worrying about something and wants to tell a certain person about it, what a relief it is to put it all down in a letter! Still greater is one's joy when a reply arrives. At that moment a letter really seems like an elixir of life.”
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
“I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard day in the field - limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes, and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend.”
“I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.”

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