"Forgiveness is just another name for freedom."

“The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road.”
“I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play.”
“When a writer calls his work a Romance, it need hardly be observed that he wishes to claim a certain latitude, both as to its fashion and material, which he would not have felt himself entitled to assume had he professed to be writing a Novel.”
“Alec licked his spoon, then set it on the table and popped his drink open. "Okay, I may be breaking some kind of girl bonding rule or something, but can I offer you a guy's perspective on this?" I frowned, my spoon halfway to my mouth. "Is this gonna make me want to hit you?" He shrugged. "Maybe. But it's the truth. Here goes: kissing back is an instinct. Unless the girl smells like a sewer or has tentacles feeling you up independently, a guy's first instinct is to kiss back. That's how it works. What's important is how long that kissing back lasted. So...how long?”
“I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.”
“Have a huge work ethic, be ambitious, aggressive, tough.”
“I feel awful for women who are trying to raise kids on their own, with zero income and no fathers present - that's single motherhood.”
“It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.”

Source : "Grammy Legend Award". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 28, 2000.

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