"Open discussion of many major public questions has for some time now been taboo. We can't open our mouths without being denounced as racists, misogynists, supremacists, imperialists or fascists. As for the media, they stand ready to trash anyone so designated."

-- Saul Bellow

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“Acting is not talking, it's living off the other fellow!!!”
“In my work a good library is essential. It enables me to learn the background and previous discussions of the various issues I am called upon to decide. It provides the stability and continuity for the rule of law.”
“Conversation is the blood of baseball. It flows through the game, an invigorating system of anecdotes. Ballplayers are tale tellers who have polished their malarkey and winnowed their wisdom for years.”

Source : Thomas Boswell (1982). “How life imitates the World Series: an inquiry into the game”, Doubleday
“Freud articulated the standard opinion when he asked with supposed seriousness, 'What does a woman want?'... Today the question that is the yeast in the social dough is, 'What do men want?”
“Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. Peace is all of these and more and more.”

Source : Menachem Begin, Harry Zvi Hurwitz, Yisrael Medad (2011). “Peace in the Making: The Menachem Begin - Anwar El-Sadat Personal Correspondence”, p.110, Gefen Publishing House Ltd
“If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.”
“When you're expecting bad news you have to be prepared for it a long time ahead so that when the telegram comes you can already pronounce the syllables in your mouth before opening it.”

Source : Robert Pinget (1966). “Mahu: Or, The Material: a Novel”, Riverrun Press
“Well, we all age, but Id been taking herbal supplements for a long time.”

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