"I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted."

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Source : "Interview with Representative Darrell Issa". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. October 27, 2011.

Aminatta Forna

#Stood Up Quotes #Household Quotes

“The first two or three movies I did, I'd be around famous co-stars and totally pretend like I didn't care, but inside, I was shaking. I've been weaning myself off that.”
“God is One, all our lives have various and unique places in the harmony of the divine life.”

Source : Josiah Royce (1952). “The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown”
“Mythology is like gravity, inconvenient at times, but necessary for cohesion.”

Source : Elizabeth Janeway (1971). “Man's world, woman's place: a study in social mythology”
“They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved!”

Source : "Box Lunch". Comedy album by Lea DeLaria, May 5, 1997.
“I've pretty much given up on the orange. I really have. I just don't even bother. It's just either sour, or woody, or the skin's too thick. It's very nice when you come across the perfect orange, because it's really a beautiful experience. But the stakes are too high.”
“The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.”
“I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.”

Source : Barbara Pym (2006). “Excellent Women”, p.73, Penguin
“So take a chance and don't ever look back.”

Source : Song: Teenage Dream, Album: Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection

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