"Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes."

-- James Wolcott

#Kings Quotes #Grief Quotes #America Quotes

“Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.”
“Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter into the good graces of the flattered.”
“Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else.”

Source : "Don't do it for anyone else". www.lettersofnote.com. January 7, 2011.
“Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all.”

Source : Mary Daly (2015). “Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation”, p.52, Beacon Press
“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.”
“We don't go to school to learn, but to be soaked in the prejudices of our class, without which we should be useless and unhappy.”
“I'd like to be a wife and mother. I guess I'll know Mr. Right when I meet him.”
“I really love music and I want to make it better the best I can.”

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