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i dont think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention,in my opinion, arisesdirectly from idleness, possibly also from laziness, to saveoneself troubleAgatha Christie

Allmänhetens opinion är allt. Med allmänhetens opinion kan ingenting misslyckas; utan den kan ingenting lyckas. Den som formar allmänhetens opinion går djupare än den som antar lagar eller beslut möjliga eller omöjliga att genomföra.Abraham Lincoln

I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do. I'm almost shocked that I'm still around after all of these years . . . and always grateful that I get another turn to do something.Billy Crystal

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessityG. K. ChestertonLitteratur

That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "Fuck you" right under your nose.J. D. Salinger

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern - why then should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be? To die is only to be as we were before we were born.William Hazlitt

Nationerna ger sitt hem ett kvinnligt namn. Man har förvanskat ett manligt ord till ett kvinnligt: la patria, la patrie, my mother country. En far lyder man, en mor beskyddar man.Thornton WilderNationalism och Stater

I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue. They're the women whose names we'll never know. (8 jan 2018, vid mottagandet av Cecilie B DeMille award för utomordentliga insatser i nöjesvärlden.)Oprah WinfreyKultur