"... For me it is essential, essential for the poet to have a new toast, new songs."

-- Mahmoud Darwish

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“I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing, and seeing how far I can go.”

Source : "Exclusive: Taraji P. Henson Talks PERSON OF INTEREST and LARRY CROWNE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 1, 2011.
“Learned men fall into error oftenest by mistaking knowledge for wisdom.”
“When people hear my daughter and when they know about her wisdom and maturity, they think that her father must have been sitting with her and mentoring her. They think he would have spent a lot of time in bringing her up. They think he would have constructed her.”
“And then I saw the menu, stained with tea and beautifully written by a foreign hand, and on top it said..."Chips with everything". Chips with every damn thing. You breed babies and you eat chips with everything.”

Source : 'Chips with Everything' (1962) act 1, sc. 2
“On the one hand, our minds try to probe the ephemeral reality of the quantum world; on the other, we talk, think, and act in a language adapted for discussing trees, rocks, and automobiles -- as well as poetry and emotions.”

Source : F. David Peat (1990). “Einstein's moon: Bell's theorem and the curious quest for quantum reality”, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
“It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list is always to get reelected. Nothing else comes close. The economy, the stock market, the war on terrorism ... NOTHING comes ahead of getting reelected. Staying in power is job number one.”
“History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of victories already won.”
“Arguments could fill a marriage like water, running through everything, always, with no taste or color but lots of noise.”

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