"You take a fraction of reality and expand on it. It's very seldom totally at odds with the facts. It's shaving a piece of reality off."

-- Frank Snepp

#Reality Quotes #Odds Quotes #Shaving Quotes

“That beautiful sister of mine was an overwhelming and volatile mixture. One had the feeling that she'd been shot from a canon and showered her sparks over an incredulous world with no thought or care where they fell, a carbon copy of father. She was like some silvery comet who streaked through life with daring speed, the wellspring of which was an inner confidence that I deeply admired. At times, particularly in childhood, I was intimidated by her but she dictated from an aura of affection for me that was never threatening.”
“It's solitary drinking that makes drunkards.”

Source : Nathanael West (2009). “Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust”, p.51, New Directions Publishing
“I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.”
“I don't think I know a single woman who knows what she looks like.”
“Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from nowhere and he has a tendency to say them at exactly the time when they most undermine the conservative agenda.”

Source : "Romney Fires Back At Gingrich". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. December 8, 2011.
“Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!”
“I don't think there's any law where you have to read a poem and immediately understand it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.”

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