"I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed."

-- Susan Rice

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“I grew up in Ditchling. It was an idyllic village at the foot of the South Downs. In those days, the village was full of artists and sculptors.”

Source : "Pieces of me: Donald Sinden", www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2009.
“We are the first men of a Future that has not materialized. We belong to a "great age" that has not "come off". We moved too quickly for the world. We set too sharp a pace.”
“The Sixties were an era of extreme reality. I miss the smell of tear gas. I miss the fear of getting beaten.”
“When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up. Music does that for me more easily.”
“Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we donâ€™t know why, and if we do find out why, itâ€™s decades later and knowing why doesnâ€™t matter any more.”

Source : Douglas Coupland (2008). “All Families are Psychotic”, p.51, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.”
“I should come with a consumer warning, like the labels that say "Handle with care" or "May be hazardous to your health." I am unfit for human consumption. I struggle to articulate how awful and isolating this feels, but I can't find the words.”
“I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that..”

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