"I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. Then you think, you've made a mark on the world if you just get through it, and a few people remember your name. Then you've left a mark. You don't have to bend the whole world. I think it's better to just enjoy it. Pay your dues, and just enjoy it. If you shoot a arrow and it goes real high, hooray for you."

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Source : "Fictional character: Dorian Corey". "Paris Is Burning", www.imdb.com. 1990.

Dorian Corey

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“I have three-putted in 40 countries.”
“Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.”

Source : Jack London, JACK LONDON (2015). “White Fang (Arcadia Classics)”, p.65, Jack London
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

Source : David Barsamian, Arundhati Roy (2004). “The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy : Interviews”, p.11, South End Press
“All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.”

Source : "Angelina Jolie and the Torture of Fame". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability.”
“When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.”
“What did you think, that joy / was some slight thing?”

Source : Mark Doty, “Visitation”
“A man who is already insane was frightening enough, but when he goes crazy...”

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