"The fact that fairy tales remain a literary underdog-undervalued and undermined-even as they shape so many popular stories, redoubles my certainty that it is time for contemporary fairy tales to be celebrated in a popular, literary collection. Fairy tales hold the secret to reading."

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Source : "My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me". Anthology, September 28, 2010.

Kate Bernheimer

#Reading Quotes #Secret Quotes #Underdog Quotes

“Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.”
“The most extraordinary of all the things called miracles, related in the New Testament, is that of the devil flying away with Jesus Christ, and carrying him to the top of a high mountain; and to the top of the highest pinnacle of the temple, and showing him and promising to him all the kingdoms of the world . How happened it that he did not discover America? or is it only with kingdoms that his sooty highness has any interest.”
“Right now, I don't particularly take different CDs or vinyl - I have my CD wallet that I take everywhere I go; there are different things in there that cater to different kinds of times - but if there's a special DJ thing coming up, I might go through my records and pick out this special selection. It's one the things that means you're improving as a DJ the more you do it, understanding what's going to go down well in a specific place.”

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“Apparently, I'm supposed to be more angry about what Mitt Romney does with his money than what Barack Obama does with mine.”
“Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk - real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is precious.”
“One remembers different persons differently, some by the impact they have made on our emotions, and others by the impression they leave in our minds.”
“I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.”
“I worked at a bunch of other salons, and at one, this girl was going out to do a photo shoot for a women's magazine and brought me along to assist her. I remember going on that shoot and thinking, "God, this is great. It's creative, and you get to work with all of these other creative people." At that point I decided that hair would be my in to fashion and all the things I thought I would enjoy - and did enjoy.”

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