"A mild attack of apoplexy may be called death's retaining fee."

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Source : Menagiana Pt II

Gilles Menage

#May Quotes #Fees Quotes #Retaining Quotes

“There'll be a black lesbian in the White House before I'm James Bond.”
“Whoso turns his attention to the bitter strifes of these days and seeks a reason for the troubles that vex public and private life must come to the conclusion that a fruitful cause of the evils which now afflict, as well as of those which threaten us, lies in this: that false conclusions concerning divine and human things, which originated in the schools of philosophy, have crept into all the orders of the state, and have been accepted by the common consent of the masses.”
“Art is like politics. Any theory carried too far ends in sterility, and freshness is only gained by following some other line.”

Source : Amy Lowell (1931). “Tendencies in Modern American Poetry”, p.6, Ardent Media
“A husband is indeed thought by both sexes so very valuable, that scarce a man who can keep himself clean and make a bow, but thinks he is good enough to pretend to any woman ...”

Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.65, Cambridge University Press
“Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.”
“Tattoos, for me, are like a timeline of my life. I could look at a certain tattoo, and it reminds of me of a certain time in my life and why I got that tattoo.”
“It was like a death in the family: You go through the mourning stage, then the rebellion, and then all of a sudden you have to find life by yourself. . . . I loved everything about marriage. I loved having a companion to wake up with and have barbecues with. But things happen and people grow apart. I don't really ever talk about the divorce because it was a heart-wrenching thing to go through.”

Source : "Jessica Simpson: "I'm in a Great Place in My Life"". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. August 3, 2009.
“My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive.”

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