"Man's condition is never the same; he is humbled, then exalted; sometimes at peace, sometimes persecuted; enlightened today and plunged into darkness tomorrow. What is to be done? As I said, let us be prepared for whatever may happen."

-- Vincent de Paul

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“It's true that the people that succeed in life are the people that keep getting up after they fall down, but no one gets through without falling down.”

Source : "Christopher Gorham of Covert Affairs: Overcoming Failure and Having Kids". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.”
“I'm dead, not impotent. Nasty rumors like that must be squashed before they gain momentum. Feel free to emphasize how very functional I am.”
“We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles”
“Some readers read a book as if it were an instruction manual, expecting to understand everything first time, but of course when you write, you put into every sentence an overflow of meaning, and you create in every sentence as many resonances and double meanings and ambiguities as you can possibly pack in there, so that people can read it again and get something new each time.”
“The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So they sell shoes that an actress stepped in. If they turned up the amps some, maybe they could sell the actresses.”
“Home is home even for those who aspire to serve wider interests and who have established their home of choice in distant regions.”
“When you play so many outcasts and derelicts, or even a murderer, you need to play someone healthy.”

Source : "Sheriff Dearborn Hates Them Vamps". Interiview with Matt Fowler, www.ign.com. May 12, 2009.

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