"Sun lighting a child's hair. A friend's embrace. Slow dancing in a safe and quiet place. The pleasures of an ordinary life."

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Source : Judith Viorst (1990). “Forever Fifty and Other Negotiations”, Thorndike Pr

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“Last time I was in Canada Celine Dion had just given birth to identical twins. Which is quite an achievement given her age and face.”
“How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings. [Lat., O miseras hominum menteis! oh, pectora caeca!]”
“Character enough of an opposite description ... My opinion is ... that you could as soon scrub the blackamore white, as to change the principles of a profest Democrat; and that he will leave nothing unattempted to overturn the Government of this Country.”
“Books are my friends, where it's okay to be silent, where you're not a freak if you don't want to get drunk, peel out in the parking lot, tip cows.”
“If you want to be loved, be loveable.”
“I've never been ready to do a single thing I've ever done in my life. I haven't been prepared enough, haven't studied enough, haven't known enough. You can never be ready. There's just so much to know.”

Source : "Lyle Lovett: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 23, 2012.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make a criminal look like he's the victim and make the victim look like he's the criminal. This is the press, an irresponsible press. If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
“Can one consider controversy without falling into it?”

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