"I think sometimes that people are like onions. On the outside smooth and whole and simple but inside ring upon ring, complex and deep."

-- Karen Cushman

#Thinking Quotes #Simple Quotes #People Quotes

“It was through the private world of family that the public world of politics came alive for me: living in intimate proximity with people for whom larger questions of ideology and belief, as well as issues relating to politics and governance, were vivid daily realities.”
“I think that being perceptive and having interests is nothing but an asset.”
“Leaders must understand that some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who.”
“I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement.”

Source : "VOIGHT: My concerns for America". www.washingtontimes.com. July 28, 2008.
“I don't know if I have any real aspirations to be an actor. It was just something I was asked to do in sort of a friend way. And I thought, Why not?”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It's very interesting that most of the roles I've gotten are grim, when I'm actually a very well-adjusted man and had a happy upbringing. I guess there are some dark shadows somewhere in there, but I'm a big kid.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I sometimes think it's a mistake to have been happy when one was a child. One should always want to go on, not back.”

Source : Mary Stewart (2011). “Stormy Petrel”, p.56, Hachette UK
“I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a lot more seriously - especially the Ten Commandments - and wondering how 'Thou shalt not kill' could be so absolutely ignored. It took me until I was in my 40s to write what I was thinking as a young soldier.”

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