"I became conflicted in my late teens."

-- Daniel Day-Lewis

“I'm tired of people thinking they're doing me favours.”
“There are over 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, and statistics have shown that the recidivism rate for those criminals is high.”
“I respond to the sound of London being spoken - to the sound of London.”

Source : "Voice from the street" by Sophie Harrison, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2007.
“Home. When it rains, you can smell the leaves in the forest and the sand. It's all so small and mild, the landscape surrounding the lake, so manageable. The leaves and the sand are so close, it's as if you might, if you wanted, pull them on over your head. And the lake always laps at the shore so gently, licking the hand you dip into it like a young dog, and the water is soft and shallow.”

Source : Jenny Erpenbeck (2011). “Visitation”, p.34, Granta Books
“It was argued that the Negro was inferior by nature because of Noah's curse upon the children of Ham.... The greatest blasphemy of the whole ugly process was that the white man ended up making God his partner in the exploitation of the Negro.”
“My religion is my whole life. I love sharing it with people and clearing up any misunderstandings people might have about our Church.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“And knowing that the only alternative to your grief is the nothingness that’s fast approaching, you try to embrace your own sorrow, to be open and empty and let it all pass through you. This is the key, you have learned – to relinquish control, to relinquish the desire for control. Even in this late drama, to try to control is to go mad. And so you do your best to let it all go.”
“On the red carpet, I saw all these great stories, and I also got to see the plastic surgery up close.”

Source : "CNN Larry King Weekend", www.cnn.com. April 27, 2003.

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