"The best lives and stories are made up of minute particulars that somehow are also universal and of use to others as well as oneself."

-- Barbara Myerhoff

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“I do think students in public school (and private) should be required to study the Bible. As a matter of pure education, it's shocking that we [the americans] are not compelled to learn the book, which is the source of our language, our common stories, our political structure, our conflicts.”

Source : "Slate: David Plotz Discusses 'Good Book' and What He Learned Blogging the Bible". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. March 4, 2009.
“The soul is the ego, the â€˜I,â€™ or the self, and it contains our consciousness. It also animates our body. Thatâ€™s why when the soul leaves the body,Â the body becomes a corpse. The soul is immaterial and distinct from the body.”
“As a teenager in Brooklyn Quentin had often imagined himself engaged in martial heroics, but after this he knew, as a cold immutable fact, that he would do anything necessary, sacrificing whatever or whomever he had to, to avoid risking exposure to physical violence. Shame never came into it. He embraced his new identity as a coward. He would run in the other direction. He would lie down and cry and put his arms over his head or play dead. It didn't matter what he had to do, he would do it and be glad.”
“Breast cancer is not just a woman's issue - it affects all of us: the brothers, husbands, fathers, children and friends.”
“Acting like you donâ€™t care is a whole lot easier when you donâ€™t care”
“I take acting very seriously. I put everything I have and know into it.”
“I spend more time in the kitchen than I have in the dining room, for obvious reasons, however, I just want to sit and indulge.”
“Family or love or romance, whatever it is, is not restricted to perfect people. If it were, it wouldn't exist. All of that comes out in my work in some way.”

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