"There are roles I am never considered for. Meryl Streep roles, let's say. Why not? I really wanted to do 'Ironweed,' for example, because the depression era in this country was one of the best for multiracial people, because everybody was poor. Everybody lived in the tents, and under buildings, and under gratings, together."

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Whoopi Goldberg

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Together Quotes

“It didn't make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he'd say, "Get up and sing me some songs." We didn't want to sing but we sang.”
“I think perhaps Pakistan can take the lead. Perhaps Turkey can as well, being part of Europe. But someone has to start talking about why the Muslim world has become a boiling pot and look beyond these cartoons to what the ideological reasons are for this divide.”
“The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again.”
“Stop war? Impossible! There is no cure for the world's disease.”

Source : Henri Barbusse (2013). “Under Fire”, p.4, Lulu Press, Inc
“If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most humble and tolerant hearts.”
“...there is no absolute scale of size in nature, and the small may be as important, or more so than the great.”

Source : Oliver Heaviside (2008). “Electromagnetic Theory”, p.519, Cosimo, Inc.
“And that is how we are. By strength of will we cut off our inner intuitive knowledge from admitted consciousness. This causes a state of dread, or apprehension, which makes the blow ten times worse when it does fall.”
“Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.”

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