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“... sometimes what you want to do has to fail so you won't.”
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“... the art world has always been an unrelenting taste machine, but now flavors of the month have morphed into flavors of the minute. Again, all a reflection of a wider cultural condition. I mean, the art world is slow compared with the music and movie businesses.”
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“But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged.”
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“As many have observed, it is easy to tell a lie, but it is almost impossible to tell only one.”
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“... where can one find more noble distraction, more entertaining company, more delightful enchantment, than in literature?”
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“The bridegroom ... was of less importance, in the public eye, than the bridal bouquet ...”
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“... the world's latest tyrant. You can call it big business; you can call it the international cartels; you can call it a lot of things. But what it is is the group of men, relatively small, who have learned to manipulate and control what is known as the capitalistic system for their own ends. They're the smartest tyrants we've ever had because the system they control is so complex it's difficult even for an expert to understand it or to follow the moves in the game. And they've managed to remain largely anonymous, so that ordinary people don't even know their names. They're the true internationalists, using nationalism and patriotism quite cynically for their own ends.”
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“In his fur the animal rode, and in his fur he strove, / And oh it filled my heart my heart, it filled my heart with love.”