"The lady ... is an anomaly to which the western nations of this planet have grown accustomed but which would require a great deal of explanation before a Martian could understand her."

-- Emily James Smith Putnam

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“From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.”
“I think the optimal artwork is in constant circulation with the world around itself.”

Source : "Aleksandra Mir Interview: Naming Tokyo". Interview with Christophe Cherix, Kim Conaty, aleksandramir.info. June 20, 2011.
“The hardest animal was the vulture. But the horses were great, the dog was great [in Valley of Violence]. It was really easy.”
“From this outer edge of his life, looking back, there was only one remorse, and that was only that he wished to go on living. Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived? Did life seem that short, indeed, over and done before you took a breath? Did it seem this abrupt and impossible to everyone, or only to himself, here, now, with a few hours left to him for thought and deliberation?”
“Good things, when short, are twice as good.”
“In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.”
“Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Not An Economist, She Is A Demographer”
“Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out.”

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