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Gilbert Adair
"There is fire and fire: The fire that burns and the fire that gives warmth, a fire that sets a forest ablaze and the fire that puts a cat to sleep. So is it with self-love. The member that once seemed one of the wonders of the world soon becomes as homely as an old slipper. Mathew and himself gradually ceased to excite each other." --
Source : Gilbert Adair (2014). “The Dreamers”, p.13, Faber & Faber
Gilbert Adair
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“He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world.”
Source : Thomas Hughes, Andrew Sanders (2008). “Tom Brown's Schooldays”, p.228, Oxford Paperbacks
“Politics is about the control of a limited number of resources by a limited number of people who think that number is too many”
“Art once made a cult of beauty. Now we have a cult of ugliness instead. This has made art into an elaborate joke, one which by now has ceased to be funny.”
“To me, God says, "I've given you this gift of grace, which means you don't earn your way to heaven. You don't work your way to heaven. You simply receive my gift."”
“Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.”
“If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that.”
“The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin B and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement.”
“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
