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" I started thinking about what I’ve always been interested in: how people can’t see things that are right in front of them. All you have to do is read the papers to see endless examples of smart people who can’t see the nose on their faces. " - Jean Hanff Korelitz

" We must learn the correct lessons from the U.S. war on terror, which, far from making the U.S., its citizens and interests safe across the world has only increased insecurity worldwide and has led to many more terror attacks on U.S. interests and citizens across the world. " - Prashant Bhushan

" I don’t think Ireland has ever had a genius for the novel. Of course, there were plenty of Irish novels, but I don’t think that was ever the natural means of expression for the Irish. " - Lady Gregory

" And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it. " - Adam Weishaupt

" There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. " - Malcolm Muggeridge

" To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things. " - Ansel Adams

" Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. " - Walter Benjamin

" I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick. " - Hedy Lamarr

" As a storyteller, you have to have something to say. You have to look at the world, think about it in relationship to yourself, and say, ‘I think this is a pattern,’ or ‘I think this is the way fatherhood works,’ or ‘I think this is the way first love feels.’ The danger in that is, that’s when you open yourself up to real critique. " - Jeff Nichols

" Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane. " - Kevin Spacey