"There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for."

-- Karl Kraus

#Two Quotes #Twenties Quotes #Needs Quotes

“You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.”

Source : "Gary Oldman: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 16, 2011.
“Life is short..Live to the fullest..”
“We have usurped many of the powers we once ascribed to God. Fearful and unprepared, we have assumed lordship over the life or death of the whole world Â— of all living things. The danger and the glory and the choice rest finally in man. The test of his perfectibility is at hand. Having taken Godlike power, we must seek in ourselves for the responsibility and the wisdom we once prayed some deity might have.”
“When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in doing that, maybe because they're writing for a readership as opposed to an audience, or because they see poetry as a very private art.”

Source : "Poetry As a Way of Thinking: An Interview with James Arthur". Interview with Emilia Phillips, www.32poems.com.
“Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.”
“Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.”

Source : "Trudeau Reflects On Four Decades Of 'Doonesbury'". Interview with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. October 26, 2010.
“We are capitalism made flesh.”

Source : "The World We Want: Restoring Citizenship in a Fractured Age". Book by Mark Kingwell, 2000.
“Life's a roller coaster, and you never know when it's going to take a turn.”

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