"Love removes the world for you, and just as surely when it's going well as when it's going badly."

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Source : Alice Munro (2015). “A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994”, p.232, Vintage

Alice Munro

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“For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.”

Source : Nelson A. Miles (1992). “Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire”, p.341, U of Nebraska Press
“I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.”
“I try to teach my students that books are a mirror, reflecting their own lives, and a window, giving them a peek into someone else's.”
“Did you accomplish anything in your meeting with Kynan and Arik?â€ Limos, looking proud of herself, bobbed her head excitedly. â€œI broke Arikâ€™s ribs.â€ Reaver exhaled on a deep sigh. â€œAnything else?”
“Often when I finish a film I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.' And then, thank God, that feeling goes away after a month or so and I'm raring to go again.”
“Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Instead of prudently investing the 'unearned income' from nature, to build a safe, clean and green energy supply for the nation, we face unnecessary shortages. But there is still a chance to put the proceeds from liquidating our fossil fuel assets to better and more appropriate use. Instead of oil companies profiteering from climate change and oil depletion, a windfall tax could establish an Oil Legacy Fund to pay for Britain's urgent transition to a sustainable, decentralised energy system”

Source : "Fund clean energy with oil tax" by Terry Macalister, www.theguardian.com. October 22, 2006.
“[Donald trump] was steamed about [Hillary] Clinton's suggestion that he might not be as rich as he says. So he ditched the email stuff and instead spend a couple of minutes defending the greatness of his income, his company, his debts, his bankers, his buildings - and then sort of forgot what he was talking about and wandered off into a riff about how terrible our infrastructure is.”
“Back when I was looking for my next step and was researching Gannett, I was interested in who was leading the various businesses within the organization: Are there a lot of women and minorities in important, operational roles, senior management and the board of directors?”

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