"As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly."

-- Amelia Earhart

“The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.”
“Of course, the downside of attending a fictional school is that our lacrosse team sucks.”
“If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead -- if you strike oil.”
“When I went through the break-up, I really looked for some kind of music, or art or literature that could say, "I've been in the same situation." I couldn't find anything at the moment, and that made me really sad.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children. It was a revelation because it suddenly makes me realize, 'Oh, I get it. Now I know what to do with the rest of my life.”

Source : "Robin Hood star Mark Strong: 'Real knights would have needed tea breaks'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2010.
“On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.”
“I got more and more politically active and just followed the course of feminism and sexual liberation”
“I've never said I'm immortal. I do believe in correct language. I'm eternal; I'm not immortal.”

Source : "Federal Parliament suspended in a sign of respect for Gough Whitlam". "The World Today", www.abc.net.au. October 21, 2014.

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