"'Hairspray' was a movie turned Broadway musical turned Hollywood remake, and that is the 'Lion King' circle of life as we know it in Times Square, the creative loop that swings for the stars and sometimes crashes into the upper deck."

-- James Wolcott

#Stars Quotes #Kings Quotes #Swings Quotes

“Putting women in military combat is the cutting edge of the feminist goal to force us into an androgynous society.”
“A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.”

Source : Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.157, Bloomsbury Publishing
“...what was the good of being a movie werewolf? You howled at the moon; you couldn't remember what you did, and then somebody shot you.”
“When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.”
“In my prayers, I want to say: Lord, donâ€™t be far from me, and also donâ€™t come too close. Let me contemplate the stars on the texture of your cloth, but donâ€™t unveil your face to me. Allow me to hear the rivers that you send running, but Lord! Lord! Donâ€™t allow me hearing your voice”
“It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through REPEATED compromises.”

Source : The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski (2005). “The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future”, p.55, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
“Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy disasters. No one tells the voters that crime is falling: let them stay scared senseless.”

Source : "Britain is smiling, but it looks daggers at Labour" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2006.
“I felt I had to win. It seemed very important. I didn't know why it was important and I kept thinking, why do I think this is so important? And another part of me answered, just because it is.”

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