"It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment."

-- Jesse Helms

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“It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.”
“Christina Ricci is amazing, the most professional actor I think I've ever met. You can be chatting with her and when they call action, she's right there.”
“And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction,' American and British authorities were also concerned about violence in an area that harbors a resource indispensable for the functioning of the word economy. ... I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.”
“Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.”

Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.229
“If I can win grammys then that means all you yet to be seen bedroom geniuses will one day TAKEOVER THE WORLD”
“Somewhere in the world there was a young woman with such splendid understanding that she'd see him entire, like a poem or story, and find his words so valuable after all that when he confessed his apprehensions she would explain why they were in fact the very things that made him precious to her...and to Western Civilization! There was no such girl, the simple truth being.”

Source : L. Rust Hills, John Barth (1974). “Writer's choice”, Modern Library
“Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things.”

Source : M. L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans”, p.323, Simon and Schuster
“If you like easygoing, monogamous men, stay away from billionaires.”

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