"It is not hope but despair that gives us the measure of our ambitions. We may yield secretly to beautiful poems of hope but grief looms start and stripped of all veils."

-- Honore de Balzac

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“With passion, if you see the first asparagus of the springtime and you become passionate about it, so much the better, but three weeks later, when youâ€™ve seen that asparagus every day now, passions have subsided. Whatâ€™s going to make you treat the asparagus the same? Â Itâ€™s the desire.”
“I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.”
“What's getting all the attention is we have South Dakota putting out this direct frontal attack. I'm actually just as concerned about what they're doing every day on the ground. If you restrict access to the point there is no one who can or will do it for you, you've taken the right away. And that's becoming the reality for women in many states in this country.”
“The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.”
“It's usually much easier for people with professional skills to find work for themselves or even possibly to continue with their old employer, but on a part-time basis. Some labor economists predict that in about five years there will be a labor shortage in the United States and that demand for retirees to work part-time will grow naturally. I don't know if that's true or just wishful predicting.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Our best pictures happen by grace.”
“Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend.”

Source : Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 16, 2012.
“My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works of John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernst Lubitsch, and Stan Brakhage. I then decided to make my own films!”

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