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I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#conflict #direct #i #point #reached

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#forced #happiness #honor #i #i can

You know, Qhuinn's an interesting character." Saxton reached out with an elegant hand and picked up his port. "He's one of my favorite cousins, actually. His nonconformity is admirable and he's survived things that would crush a lesser male. Don't know that being in love with him would be easy, however." Blay didn't go near that one. "So do you come here often?" Saxton laughed, his pale eyes glinting, "Not for discussion, huh. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#blaylock #jr-ward #lover-mine #saxton #love

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God. ↗

— Orson Welles

#bore #god #i #pray #want

地球全体をターゲットと自然に考え、欧米近代以来の思想に基づいた世界全体への関与の意志を持ち、さらにその背景には、濃淡の違いこそあれカリフォルニアン・イデオロギーが存在し、それらが選択的に組み合わされて、様々なサービスやムーブメントにおける「グローバル展開への強烈な意志」が生まれている。「グローバルウェブ」の背景を、私たちはそのように理解すべきだと思うのです。[45ページ] ↗

— 梅田望夫

#open-education #education

I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#crippled #got #i #lumps #take

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#attain #could #i #idealism #kind

James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#bad #bad situation #band #bands #being

Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#am #between #floating #here #i

It's a simple formula for me now, I don't play any song I don't want to play. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#formula #i #me #now #play