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The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.


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I don't think you can talk about progress in art - movement, but not progress. You can speak of a point on a line for the purpose of locating things, but it's a horizontal line, not a vertical one.

I don't think you can talk about progress in art - movement, but not progress. You can speak of a point on a line for the purpose of locating things, but it's a horizontal line, not a vertical one.



The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how.

The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how.



The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.

The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.



Endings are elusive, middles are nowhere to be found, but worst of all is to begin, to begin, to begin.

Endings are elusive, middles are nowhere to be found, but worst of all is to begin, to begin, to begin.



Any genuine work of art generates new work.

Any genuine work of art generates new work.



I believe that because I had obtained a wife who was made up of wife-signs (beauty, charm, softness, perfume, cookery) I had found love.

I believe that because I had obtained a wife who was made up of wife-signs (beauty, charm, softness, perfume, cookery) I had found love.



Yes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one's situation is always blurred, you never know absolutely quite where you are.

Yes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one's situation is always blurred, you never know absolutely quite where you are.



The death of God left the angels in a strange position.

The death of God left the angels in a strange position.



We are what we have been told about ourselves. We are the sum of the messages we have received. The true messages. The false messages.

We are what we have been told about ourselves. We are the sum of the messages we have received. The true messages. The false messages.



The privileged classes can afford psychoanalysis and whiskey. Whereas all we get is sermons and sour wine. This is manifestly unfair. I protest, silently.

The privileged classes can afford psychoanalysis and whiskey. Whereas all we get is sermons and sour wine. This is manifestly unfair. I protest, silently.





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If Heaven actually exists, I don't need anyone to be my real estate broker. After all, what is religion but an attempt to sell you a share in the ultimate gated community?

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If a girl is smiling and is bringing positive energy and she's happy, that's what I notice right away - and her teeth.



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May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.



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Crime is not the problem of the victim, the victim didn't create the crime.



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To somebody like Obama, substantive opposition is not tolerable. The objective is to eliminate all opposition - be it a political party, be it media, or what have you.

To somebody like Obama, substantive opposition is not tolerable. The objective is to eliminate all opposition - be it a political party, be it media, or what have you.




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