"I often think I am a better person because I lived for many years of my life with a flashlight. I have developed skills I did not think were possible - bathing with a cup of water by candlelight, for instance, and writing a story with a headlamp on."

-- Janine di Giovanni

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes

“We might have new issues involving information technology for example, or new questions arising out of the war on terror, or new issues arising from natural disasters that can't be anticipated.”
“I mean, Beatles songs were two and a half minutes long, and they're fantastic.”
“I have six brothers and one sister. I grew up playing ice hockey, a total tomboy, and thatâ€™s what I thought I was going to do â€“ be an ice hockey player.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it.”

Source : "'Oliphant's Anthem' Exhibition Commemorates Cartoonist's Work". Interview with Harry Katz, www.loc.gov. October 20 and 21, 1997.
“Sex is meant to be, if not addictive, at least a very compelling behavior.”
“The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us.”
“Growing up I always used to shop in Oxfam. I'd find things for 50p and then take them home, cut them up and make them into something new.”
“I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.”

Source : "Ethics, Enterprise, and the Multinational Corporation". Religion & Liberty Journal Interview, acton.org. July 20, 2010.

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