"I used the marriage as a filter. If the guy was conservative, didn't believe in gender-neutral marriage or thought what I did was wrong, then I immediately knew they weren't for me. That was actually very helpful."

-- Liza Monroy

#Believe Quotes #Guy Quotes #Helpful Quotes

“Fascism is not the result of dictatorship.”
“With a piece of classical music by Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven, on first listening I'm referencing it with other pieces by them that I know. I think that most people do this - they listen to pieces through the filter of pieces they already know.”
“Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.”
“What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.”
“The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write.”
“Inaction may be safe, but it builds nothing.”
“The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world.”
“I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humour doesn't know what he's talking about.”

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