"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum."

-- Arthur C. Clarke

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“I do like having my ears pierced, because there's a lot more choice in pierced earrings than there is with clip-ons, and they're a lot more comfortable to wear - Sometimes I completely forget I've got them in and end up going to sleep wearing them.”
“I think Mariska Hargitay on 'Law and Order: SVU' is a really good example of a female lead I'd like to emulate. She's really been able to captivate men and women in a way that's appealing, which is a tough line to follow.”

Source : "Q&A: Spencer Grammer on Being TV's Unlikeliest Sexy Detective". Interview with Matthew Kitchen, www.esquire.com. October 9, 2013.
“One must give up the fantasy of a perspicacious gunslinger/investor outwitting the market.”

Source : John Allen Paulos (2007). “A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market”, p.60, Basic Books
“My secret is I cannot go to bed, I cannot sleep, if my bed is not made before I go to bed. I can leave it unmade in the morning, but I have to remake it before I get into it to sleep.”
“I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.”
“Distress is virtue's opportunity: we only live to teach us how to die.”

Source : Thomas Southerne (1713). “The maid's last prayer: or, Any, rather than fail. The fatal marriage: or, The innocent adultery. Oroonoko. The fate of Capua. [Taken from general t-p; some variations on special t-ps, e.g. Sir Antony Love”, p.295
“I'm now much more aware of my mental state. I have a lot more control over it and can choose how I feel.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The game is choreographed; it is mental, it is physical, it is a battle. People can feel those hits when they are in the stadium, you feel them and you see the velocity of the players.”

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