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“Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.”
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“Sometimes our thoughts turn back toward a corner in a forest, or the end of a bank, or an orchard powdered with flowers, seen but a single time on some happy day, yet remaining in our hearts and leaving in soul and body an unappeased desire which is not to be forgotten, a feeling that we have just rubbed elbows with happiness.”
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“I still pay full tax when I work in England and the same when I work in America.”
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“Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief.”
Source : Mary Doria Russell (1998). “Children of God: A Novel”, Villard Books
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“I just try not to label myself in any way. I just have an allergy to labels in general. I can tell you that I am surrounded by very strong women and that I really appreciate that, but I'd rather not label myself.”
Source : "Penelope Cruz Interview Broken Embraces". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. December 5, 2009.
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“One thing I try to do with my work is to show that people who have extreme fetishes or who exist outside the constraints of "normal" society still have romantic impulses and are capable of love and tenderness. Sometimes people cannot or don't want to acknowledge that pornographers are people too!”
Source : Interview with Jane Harris, logger.believermag.com. May 29, 2014.
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“She still felt like a punked-out, faux-leather-wearing, free-thinking Bratz doll in a sea of Pretty Princess of Preppyland Barbies.”
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“MY rule is never to be rude to anyone unless you mean it.”