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“Inquisitive people aren't really very attractive, are they?”
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“... the economic advantages of sobriety have never been doubtful.”
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“I believe the fundamental work of this time — work that requires the participation of all of us — is to discover new ways of 'being together.'”
“Lost time was like a run in a stocking. It always got worse.”
“The first casualty in every war is truth.”
“Let us try, if we can, to enter into death with open eyes ...”
“Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals — not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in our medium, roused to do our best, by every good writer, every fine achievement. Would we want one good writer or fine book less? The sense of writers being pitted against each other is bred primarily by the workings of the commercial marketplace, and by critics lauding one writer at the expense of another while ignoring the existence of nearly all.”
“Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions, a symbol of a spiritual experience, and a means of conveying truth by concentrating its essence into visible form. ... It must be the reflection of the artist who creates it and of the era in which he lives, not an echo or a memory of other days and other ways.”