"Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language."

-- Steven Pinker

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“My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.”
“All third world literature is about nation, that identity is the fundamental literary problem in the third world. The writer's identity is insecure because the nation's identity is not secure. The nation doesn't provide the third world writer with a secure identity, because the nation is colonized, it's oppressed, it's part of somebody else's empire.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“For me working on the marriage and not making the easy choice of cheating was something that I could not do.”
“What President Obama has done so masterfully of late is to say, in so many words, "I'm signing this executive order permitting federal funding for stem cell research, but I realize that many good, moral people are opposed to this, and I don't take that lightly." I think we can be more civil and empathetic in our discussions of public policy, and I hope my book can be a contribution to that tone.”
“When I stand up to talk, people listen to me; they will follow what I have to say. Is it any power of mine? Of course not. St. Paul says, 'What have you that you have not received and you who have received, why do you glory as if you had not?' But the secret of my power is that I have never in fifty-five years missed spending an hour in the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. That's where the power comes from. That's where sermons are born. That's where every good thought is conceived.”
“Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen.”

Source : Mary Pipher (2009). “Letters to a Young Therapist: Stories of Hope and Healing: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.49, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I had seen Cheers twice, I think. Ted [Danson] had so much hair in his widow's peak that I remember thinking, "That dude looks like Eddie Munster."”

Source : "The Best TV Show That's Ever Been" by Brian Raftery, www.gq.com. September 27, 2012.
“I try to remind myself that nothing is permanent.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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