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“Precision marching is less important for the bridal party than maintaining the proper facial expresssions: The bridegroom must look awed; the bridesmaids, happy and excited; the father of the bride, proud; and the bride, demure. If the bridegroom feels doubtful, the bridesmaids, sulky, the father, worried, and the bride, blasé, nobody wants to know.”

“Precocious and eccentric are okay. But I think that people in the arts represent something integral and kind of secretive in everybody else. So the reason people like some artists is because they're saying or doing something that they would like to do or say, but they don't have the balls or the means. People are really afraid to put their ass on the line. Just to put your face on a poster and put your name in big print and say "Come see me," that takes some cojones, you know? Ambition is nothing to be ashamed of.”

“Preconceived ideas are like searchlights which illumine the path of the experimenter and serve him as a guide to interrogate nature. They become a danger only if he transforms them into fixed ideas-this is why I should like to see these profound words inscribed on the threshold of all the temples of science: 'The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.'”

“Preda mnom cizelirano gvožđe okiva debelo mračno prašnasto drvo, a pod kojim nabijene u glini blatnožute i smećkaste ledene su teške cigle, prisluškujući baš ništa nego blijedo beskrajno zujanje u sluhu lišenog ičega čujnog, tako primjećujem sjećanje mojih neprihvaćanja, ondje isprekidani sinje pepelni faciti kao su padali memlom uma, tako sam jedino želio biti ostavljen, sam, da razmatram u noćnoj dugoj tišini o potrebama i prohtjevima vlastite iskrivljene duše. Osim toga, zbilja ništa, skriven od izloženog, javnog, toli nagog osjeta iskorištenosti, kao prevarant u službi sveca, skriven i od sebe, bio sam ništa; je li koristilo ili moglo potrajati, nije li koštala previše i trošila me vidajući još težim ranjavanjem ostracizacija kao zakrpa ogoljenosti osobe ili sam ustvari bio raspadajuće svojstvo neke manje smislene pojave, usto i tako da je trajalo, ne bi li dostajalo, ne znam, nemam sjećanja, bio sam ništa.”

“Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but within limits that are now being pressed and must be overcome. It is not a fit system for the mid-twentieth century.”

“Predetermined fate is the slogan of the incapable people; with better ideas, you can always have a better fate!”