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“There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven.”
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“When an upstart dictator in the United States succeeds in making this a one-party form of government, I shall have the courage to stand up and advocate the use of bullets.”
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“Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist.”
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“As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing.”
Source : Interview with Marika Griehsel, www.nobelprize.org. November 2004. 
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“You can't know, you can only believe - or not.”
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“I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well.”
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“I'm trying to keep the face of my opponent more or less not damaged but eventually to execute the plan and knock him out.”
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“Commitment to a set of rules frees your play to attain a profundity and vigor otherwise impossible.”
Source : Stephen Nachmanovitch (1991). “Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art”, p.84, Penguin
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“Other than the bombs they strap to their chests, Ive got no idea what makes the Palestinians tick.”
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“We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.”
