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-- Crawford Kilian

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“This is what life is about. It is being sent on a trip by a loving God, who is waiting at home for our return and is eager to watch the slides we took and hear about the friends we made. When we travel with the eyes and ears of the God who sent us, we will see wonderful sights, hear wonderful sounds, meet wonderful people ... and be happy to return home.”
“This is my letter to the world, that never wrote to me, the simple news that nature told, with tender majesty. Her message is committed, to hands I cannot see; for love of her, sweet countrymen, judge tenderly of me.”
“Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.”

Source : "Actress Farmiga at Sundance with directing debut". Interview with Jay A. Fernandez, uk.reuters.com. January 24, 2011.
“Vishous: "...we both would slaughter anything that so much as startled you." Jane: "I'm scared of mice and spiders. But you don't need to use that gun on your hip to blow a hole in a wall if I ran into one, okay? Havaheart traps and rolled newspapers work just as well. Plus, you don't need a Sheetrock patch and plaster job afterward. I'm just saying.”
“The wheel of fortune [...] tells us that we all only want victory. We all want to triumph. But we all have to learn to endure what comes. We have to learn to treat misfortune and great fortune with indifference. That is wisdom.”

Source : Philippa Gregory (2013). “The Lady of the Rivers”, p.166, Simon and Schuster
“I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.”
“If you're that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem.”

Source : "Fictional character: Lance Clayton". "World's Greatest Dad", www.imdb.com. 2009.
“I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender! But instead I got a one way ticket to Palookaville.”

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