"The unaffected language of real feeling and benevolence is easily understood, and is never ridiculous."

-- Maria Edgeworth

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“Texas mystique (has been) created by the chemistry of the frontier in the crucible of history and forged into an enduring state of heart and mind.”

Source : T. R. Fehrenbach (2014). “Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans”, p.4, Open Road Media
“The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example, then I'll go for a strikeout. But most of the time I try to throw to spots. I try to get them to pop up or ground out. On a strikeout I might have to throw five or six pitches, sometimes more if there are foul-offs. That tires me. So I just try to get outs. That's what counts - outs. You win with outs, not strikeouts.”

Source : "My Greatest Day in Baseball, and Baseball's Greatest Quotations: An Illustrated Treasury". Book by Paul Dickson, 2008.
“I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my film [directing].”
“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.”
“It was clear to me that it wouldn't matter what I did - they would never truly appreciate me or learn what I had to offer. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance.”

Source : Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.209, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“Theres nothing gratuitous about my films.”
“Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult.”

Source : "Interviews with Michael Bloomberg and Madeleine Albright". "GPS" with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.
“I take a whole life story and compress it into three minutes.”

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