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“A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth can be.”
Source : Joseph Herman Hertz (1936). “Hamishah Humshe Torah Im Ha-Hafterot: Genesis”
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“I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.”
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“You know, when I was nineteen, Grandpa took me on a roller coaster. Up, down, up, down. Oh, what a ride! I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting to me that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it.”
Source : "Fictional character: Grandma". "Parenthood", www.imdb.com. 1989.
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“When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into my sixties and seventies, so I'd prefer to take my time.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.”
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“People tend to stay at home and eat a home-cooked meal. There are three days that are really slow for restaurants - Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.”
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“No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it.”
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“Listening to people discussing a novel can be very interesting, if you've read whatever novel is being discussed. No one, it seems, ever says, "This is a great book but I didn't like it." Taking a little time to think about why this might be has been very liberating.”