"One Mormon raised the question with his spouse, who minched no words in replying, 'All right Jody - you get another wife and I'll get another husband!'"

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Source : Leonard J. Arrington, Davis Bitton (1992). “The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-Day Saints”, p.200, University of Illinois Press

Leonard J. Arrington

#Husband Quotes #Wife Quotes #Spouse Quotes

“The world of modelling can be hard; just as cruel as it is glamorous.”
“And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously.”
“There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing.”

Source : Interview with Lila Holland, www.tv.com. June 14, 2006.
“I did not survive everything. No one ever does. Little pieces of you - sometimes the best of you - get lost in a little lie here, a little joke there. And of course, the aftereffect is the tiny sob - unseen, unheard, deeply felt.”
“The detachment of the artist is kind of creepy. It's kind of rude, and yet really it's where art comes from. It's not the same as courage. It's closer to bad manners than to courage. [...] if you're going to be a writer, you basically have to say, 'this is just who I am [â€¦]'. There's a certain indefensibility about it. It's not about loving your community and taking care of it â€” you're not attached to the chamber of commerce. It's a little unsafe. You have to be willing to have only four friends, not 11.”
“I've had guys, when I've been single, come date me and I've found out they were expecting some kind of whirlwind, some dramatic crazy person-- and that's just not me. I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you can't remember because it's just like all the others.”
“Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future.”
“In every moment you are someone new and therefore can be and do anything you wish to be and do, totally unlimited, unrestrained, made in the image of the Infinite.”

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