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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.

"'I never asked for power'". Interview with Rory McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2002.

It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.

Jean Baptiste Say, Clement Cornell Biddle (1851). “A treatise on political economy”, p.139

I have one aim, the grotesque. If I am not grotesque I am nothing.

In an interview with The Idler (1896),as quoted in "Aubrey Beardsley : A Biography" by Matthew Sturgis, (p. 309), 1999.

It was that white cloak that soiled me, not the other way around.

George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1593, Bantam

I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2147, Bantam