"Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the people you have to kill, aren't they?"

-- John Keegan

#People Quotes #Trying Quotes #Wells Quotes

“I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.”
“The underlying purpose of all art is to create patterns of imagery which somehow convey a sense of life set in a framework of order ... all great art ... harmonises consciousness with the ego-transcending Self.”

Source : Christopher Booker (2004). “The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories”, p.552, A&C Black
“Don't use men to get what you want in life. Get it yourself.”

Source : "Helen Gurley Brown: how to have it all" by Sali Hughes, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2012.
“There's something about sports. You can be setting fire to cats and burying them in your backyard, but as long as you're playing team sports, people think you're okay.”
“They weren't true stories; they were better than that.”
“Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that.”
“I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.”
“In live-action, writing, production, and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue to occur between the writer, the director, the actors, and the editor, and it makes the writing process a lot more collaborative and a lot less lonely.”

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