"Experience is the cane of the blind."

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Source : "Masters of the Dew". Book by Jacques Roumain, p. 83, 1946.

Jacques Roumain

“I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.”
“Many things have gone wrong with the world that God made and... God insists, and insists very loudly, on our putting them right again”
“Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts.”
“I think the audience likes to be entertained.”

Source : Source: geektometv.wordpress.com
“People dont want to talk about death, just like they dont want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.”
“My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.”
“To make music I rely on other people, which is good - that's the main difference in painting and music at this stage. They are separate parts of my life really, like having two jobs, one in a bar, one in a lighthouse.”

Source : "Wild Horses, William Burroughs And White Cake With Danny Fox". Interview With Christiana Spens, thequietus.com. September 22, 2013.
“Everywhere I looked life seemed to be full of problems and they were just going to go on and on. It was never going to get any better.”

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