"What a ready passport wealth gives its possessor to the good opinions of this world!"

-- Sarah Josepha Hale

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“In terms of writing, I think something happens to you, and you think, "Oh I'm going to write about that. That's an emotional event." But obviously, if you keep going, and it's something you do with regularity, you've got to find other ways to write.”
“The property boom has made us all feel wealthy, but unfortunately it has lulled many of those nearing retirement into a false sense of security.”
“We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.”
“I am relying on the theory that playing golf is just like riding a bike and that I haven't forgotten how.”
“I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value.”
“If I ask my actors to bare themselves, to reveal themselves as almost naked, I have to bare myself, expose myself as well. That's what creates excitement.”
“We all come to the theater with baggage; The baggage of our daily lives, the baggage of our problems, the baggage of our tragedies, the baggage of being tired. It doesn't matter what age you are. But if our hearts get opened and released - well, that's what theater can do, and does sometimes, and everyone is thankful when that happens.”
“Biophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit.”

Source : John Derbyshire (2009). “We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism”, p.140, Crown Forum

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