"I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains."

-- George R. R. Martin

#Hero Quotes #Character Quotes #Long Quotes

“The one thing that seems to be consistent through all my work that I like, and I experimented a lot, is the viewer is allowed to meditate on something that normally we don't stop and stare at, whether it's people or a cactus.”
“I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.”

Source : Mickey Spillane (1968). “The Big Kill”, p.7, Penguin
“When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.”
“To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living.”
“An exile from home splendour dazzles in vain,Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again;The birds singing gayly, that came at my call,Give me them, and that peace of mind dearer than all.”

Source : John Howard Payne, “Home, Sweet Home”
“It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.”
“Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.”
“Surveillance is the business model of the Internet.”

Source : "On Internet Privacy, Be Very Afraid". Interview with Liz Mineo, news.harvard.edu. August 24, 2017.

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