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“Here was a thing that would grow old; here was a thing that would turn beautiful and lose that beauty, that would inherit the grace but also the bad ear and flawed figure of her mother, that would smile too much and squint too often and spend the last decades of her life creaming away the wrinkles made in youth until she finally gave up and wore a collar of pears to hide a wattle; here was the ordinary sadness of the world.”
Source : Andrew Sean Greer (2007). “The Confessions of Max Tivoli: A Novel”, p.71, Macmillan
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“Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealous agents of the Government arrest suspected "radicals" without warrant, hold them without prompt trial, deny them access to counsel and admission of bail....we have shorn the Bill of Rights of its sanctity...”
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“I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.”
Source : "Standup Mario Cantone won't miss his bus to the Hard Rock". Interview with Rod Stafford Hagwood, articles.sun-sentinel.com. October 10, 2012.
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“Smiling can be a deliberate, intentioned act. When it is that, it becomes an act of creation, and a powerful tool. Be quick to smile, and quick to share your smile with others. You will light up your heart and light up the room.”
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“Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.”
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“Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything.”
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“This is I think a dramatic point for conservatives. They are waking up to the fact that this guy, that Donald Trump has an ability to speak to people who they thought were theirs ideologically, people who they thought were a part of their team.”
Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
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“Might the peasant expect the Almighty to stay the thunder storm, which clears the air of a nation from pestilence, lest the lightning bold should in its flash kill his cow?”