"There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to like in the fullness of time, and some that you simply want to push away from you with a sharp stick."

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Source : Douglas Adams (2014). “The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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“Amid all change, we desire something permanent; amid all variety, something stable; amid all progress, some central unity of life; something which deepens as we ascend; which roots itself as we advance; which grows more and more tenacious of the old, while becoming more and more open to the new.”

Source : james freeman clarke (1864). “the hour whic conveth and now is sermons preached in indiana place chapel boston”, p.114
“I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references.”
“We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.”

Source : Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.6, Booklassic
“There are not the same factual shows anymore - children's TV has become much more trivial.”
“I think we do have a better understanding now of how moral thought and discourse function.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“This is advertising that is designed not to look or feel like advertising at all. The one thing we felt we got parents to agree with was that if their children ask them questions about enlisting, they had an obligation to, one, engage, and then two, be informed.”
“Now, grosses are listed in the newspapers and on television like it's a sporting event. It's ridiculous, because when you're watching a movie, unless you're an investor in the movie or a stockholder in the studio, what do you care how much it's grossing or how much it cost or any of that stuff?”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“It's like being on the Titanic and seeing there's only one lifeboat left.”

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