"No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention."

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Source : "Better than Amis?". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2003.

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“The Most Blessed Sacrament is Christ made visible. The poor sick person is Christ again made visible.”
“There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.”
“Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.”
“Small samples in the centrifuge will spin at varying rates to create synthetic gravity, like the gravity of Mars or the gravity of the moon, and measure how the specimens respond within the centrifuge.”
“The moment you begin to worry about the things you want and the things you donâ€™t have in life is the moment you will lose your gratitude... The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.”
“Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale.”
“When you go into something where you can really trust that everyone has thought about it, more than you have even, then that's like a gift.”
“Then as the years went on and my listening became more deliberate, I would climb up on an arm of our big sofa to get my ear closer to the wireless speaker.”

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