"As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing."

-- W. E. B. Du Bois

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“People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.”
“The director, MoisÃ©s Kaufman, just received the national medal of the arts from President [Barack] Obama . He wrote and directed The Laramie Project and he has directed several Pulitzer prize-winning plays. He's a pretty profound director in the theater.”
“I like to take my dog on the road. He stays up front; he likes it there.”
“Now that spring is no longer to be recognised in blossoms or in new leaves on trees, I must look for it in myself. I feel the ice of myself cracking. I feel myself loosen and flow again, reflecting the world. That is what spring means.”

Source : David Malouf (2012). “An Imaginary Life”, p.60, Random House
“If Kevin James or Paul Giamatti drop weight, I'm done. I don't want to be the last pudge out there.”
“Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night”

Source : Sarah Kay's Commencement Address at Scripps College in Claremont, California, www.scrippscollege.edu. May 20, 2015.
“Every dog, we are told, has his day, unless there are more dogs than days.”
“Maybe I'm a little biased, but shows like 'Dexter' and 'Southland,' I'm just enthralled by that sort of storytelling, kind of clever and patient.”

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