"I never liked Jules Verne, believing that the real was always more fantastic than the fantastical."

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Source : Bruce Chatwin (1997). “Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989”, p.13, Penguin

Bruce Chatwin

#Real Quotes #Believe Quotes #Fantastic Quotes

“Chess is a good mistress but a bad master.”
“And what is the reaction of the British politcal class? Well the Lib Dems, still think that the Euro is a success! I don't quiet think where Cleggy gets this from, I don't know. Prehaps he is cosidering an alternative career, as a stand up comedian, once he's out of politics.”
“There should be a colossal mother going about the world to turn men over her lap and give them the slipper. They pine for it.”
“Thankfully, I'm lucky enough to be able to eat ice cream. I've got to have my cookies and cream! But I work out a lot, so I burn a lot of calories.”
“That is another reason this transition for me into soaps makes sense for me, because I would get to work at my craft every day. I would be able to play this very real character.”

Source : "The Darius McCrary Interview- The Young and the Restless". Interview with Michael Fairman, michaelfairmansoaps.com. December 22, 2009.
“I would only listen to certain things, like a lot of teenagers do. But the Tragically Hip is a ribbon that's been with me pretty much my entire musical life. Every mix tape I ever made had at least one Hip song on it. Right from the outset I feel like Gord Downie built so much room into his songs. There was so much space in them that he created. He made me think of songwriting as full of boundless possibilities in a way that - well, that a lot of songwriters do, but that was the first time I thought a song could really contain multitudes.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates anymore. In Los Angeles, everything has become a corn dog. Actually, corn dogs still work. But most other food should be stickless.”
“February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down.”

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