"Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. Itâ€™s unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure as love, except maybe writing a story. And nothing fails as often, except writing stories. And like a story, love must be troubled to be interesting."

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Source : John Dufresne (2008). “Love Warps the Mind a Little: A Novel”, p.140, W. W. Norton & Company

John Dufresne

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“A lot of people live much more simply than in the old days. That doesn't bother me. Keeping busy is the problem. Television guest shot fees are going down. You can do a dozen guest shots a year, but you're not making that much money.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 1976.
“If you do the things that Britain needs to do - namely, withdraw from NATO, get rid of the bomb, and stop being aligned with one side of the Cold War - then presumably the run on the pound, the result in the stock exchanges of the world, will be fairly catastrophic for the economy. But some sort of political realignment is plainly what this country needs.”

Source : "New Again: David Hare". Interview with Kathleen Tynan, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 29, 2015.
“The upside of being a part of a post-civil rights generation is that black folks really are more diverse. But the flash point for that diversity is caught up in Hip Hop. So you have a generation that says, 'I'm gonna wear my sneakers, and I'm gonna wear my pants how I like themThen you have a generation that says, 'I did not get bit by dogs for you to conduct yourself this way. Then the younger generation says, 'Yes, you did. This is what freedom means.'”
“A deal of the world's sound happiness is lost through Shyness.”

Source : Vernon Lee (1929). “A Vernon Lee Anthology: Selections from the Earlier Works”
“I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.”
“It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy.”
“[Freedom is] the societal condition that exists when every individual has 100% control of his own property.”
“It was really cool being out on the road and doing school with my tutor over Skype or on the phone, but it can definitely be difficult.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com

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