"I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it, I am trying to learn from it."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Trying Quotes #Strive Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“I support development and deployment of a limited national missile defense. Few if any of our duties surpass our obligation to provide for the common defense of our nation.”
“You know, for a long time being a heavily tattooed woman was viewed as something gross, or you're either a criminal or a drug addict. It feels good to be a good representation of the art form versus being the token tattoo girl. I'm just glad that people even consider it to be sexy, because I think I'm just a big nerd so it works out.”

Source : Interview with Shawn Loeffler, www.askmen.com.
“Love, if you love me, lie next to me. Be for me, like rain, the getting out of the tiredness, the fatuousness, the semi- lust of intentional indifference. Be wet with a decent happiness.”
“I don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story.”
“It was terrible. All of the things we couldn't share. The room was filled with conversations we weren't having.”
“Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.”
“Always deliver more in 'perceived value' than you take in cash value.”

Source : Jeff Blackman (2003). “Stop Whining! Start Selling!: Profit-Producing Strategies for Explosive Sales Results”, p.202, John Wiley & Sons
“Beheading, burying and burning humans alive are extreme acts of cruelty. Such crimes against humanity must be investigated and the guilty parties brought to justice. May ALL victims rest in peace!”

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