"... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but find an excuse for loving it. Everything is a matter of points of view, and misfortune is often only the sign of a false interpretation of life."

-- Henry de Montherlant

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“Anticipation almost always exceeds the reality of that which we anticipated.”
“Rachel: You're a half-blood, too? Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about? Rachel: Okay. Hey, everybody! These two aren't human! They're half Greek god!...They don't seem to care.”
“I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.”
“Nature full strength is more than we can take, Adam One used to say. It's a potent hallucinogen, a soporific, for the untrained Soul. We're no longer at home in it. We need to dilute it. We can't drink it straight. And God is the same. Too much God and you overdose. God needs to be filtered.”
“It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today. That is the atomic, and sub-atomic, and galactic structure of things today. And you have meddled with the primal forces of nature! And you will atone! Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale?”

Source : "Fictional character: Arthur Jensen". "Network", 1976.
“Life is a long pilgrimage from fear to love.”
“Once divested of missionary virus, the cult of our gods gives no offence. It would be a peaceful age if this were recognized, and religion, Christian, communist or any other, were to rely on practice and not on conversion for her growth.”
“Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then.”

Source : "Wayne's World Cup?". Interview with Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2006.

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