"Although one is not inclined to be timid or nervous, it is nevertheless a trifle depressing to receive letters full of expostulation and entreaty: 'If you are determined to commit suicide, why not come home and do so in a quiet lady-like manner?'"

-- Annie Smith Peck

#Suicide Quotes #Depressing Quotes #Home Quotes

“America is great, because America is free.”
“I stopped acting when I was about nineteen, twenty, when I got thrown out of college. I did act for about ten years. I don't know. I suspect I'm still a reasonably good actor, but I don't really know that I want to get on the stage again ... and having to say all those boring words by me over and over again ... I don't know if I want to do that. Also, I like a certain amount of freedom of movement, and if you're acting, you're stuck in one place for a long time. Having said that, I will probably be onstage next fall.”
“I love my babies so much that I could kiss them all day long..as a job. I could be a professional baby kisser. No joke.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 13, 2012
“Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.”
“The longest word in the world is "a word from our sponsor."”
“I have so many messy moments.”
“My room was a real way of expressing myself. It was like a little nest that I could settle into.”
“The ethical regime [of the Jews] was quite definitely Ptolemaic, revolving around the small group of Jews, not the larger Gentile group and, accordingly, they learned to remain unimpressed by Gentile temporal power. Being unimpressed did not mean being unafraid material power might beat or starve one to death; it did mean refusing to surrender moral hegemony to the majority merely because it had power.”

Source : "Individualism Reconsidered". Book by David Riesman, 1954.

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