"Sometimes we just walk into something that is not for us at all. We pretend it is. We think we can shrug it off like a coat, but it's not a coat at all, it's more like another skin. [...] All I wanted was to make my life thrilling for a while: to take the oridinary objects of my days and make a different argument out of them, no obligations to my past."

-- Colum McCann

#Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Skins Quotes

“Tribeca has always celebrated the most exciting new forms of storytelling, from video games to virtual reality.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“Estrogen is a powerful if vengeful hormone affecting a woman's fertility, moods, sleep patterns, appetite. Estrogen is the household heating oil of womanhood.”
“God is not pleased by blood â€“ and not acting reasonably is contrary to God's nature. Faith is born of the soul, not the body. Whoever would lead someone to faith needs the ability to speak well and to reason properly, without violence and threats... To convince a reasonable soul, one does not need a strong arm, or weapons of any kind, or any other means of threatening a person with death...”
“We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.”

Source : "Vladimir Putin says USA not so special". Interview with Ben Knight, www.abc.net.au. September 13, 2013.
“The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.”

Source : BBC Interview, news.bbc.co.uk. March 30, 2004.
“A fantastic model of collaboration: thinking partners who aren't echo chambers.”
“Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war.”
“As for the fan, she agreed that it was a most amusing trifle: just what she would wish to buy for herself, if it had not been so excessively ugly!”

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