"I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element."

-- Salman Rushdie

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“There was an exquisitely beautiful conception in my brain when I did this piece of work all alone from midnight until morning after the experience of a wonderful day. But I was not able to make the consummation anywhere nearly as beautiful as the inspiration. That, I suppose, is the cry of every heart struggling for self-expression.”
“In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas...”

Source : "Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings". Book by Han Fei, Columbia University Press, New York, transl. by Burton Watson, "The Eight Villanies", 1996.
“President Bush delivered a commencement speech at a university in Wisconsin. A very inspirational speech. Apparently Bush told the students, 'You can do anything in life if your parents work hard enough.'”
“The picture is good or not from the moment it was caught in the camera.”
“So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!”
“Our nation must engage with the rest of the world. But to be successful, we must listen. Our interaction with the world must be a conversation, not a monologue... these exchanges are a strategic pillar of our nation's public diplomacy.”
“If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.”
“And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away.”

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