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“Love is only a dance. I'll try to apply myself And teach my heart how to sing. I'll go my way by myself Like a bird on the wing I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own; No one knows better than I myself I'm by myself alone.”
Source : "Dancing in the dark".
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“I wrote Baghdad Central right after translating a great work by Ibrahim al-Koni, who is sort of a master of Arab fiction. In conversations with him I realized that translations have been my MFA program. If I have learned how to write fiction it's by working with great writers and getting them to explain their craft to me so that I can do it in English. That's how I've figured it out.”
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“I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'”
Source : "Exclusive Q&A: 'Animal Kingdom' Mama Grizzly (And Golden Globe Nominee) Jacki Weaver" by Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. January 13, 2011. 
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“Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a grave in that cradle. Peace is the interest, the policy, the nature of a popular Government. War may bring benefits to a few, but privation and loss are the lot of the many. An appeal to arms should be the last resort, and only by national rights or national honor can it be justified.”
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“What seems to be a problem or block is often really a Blessing in Disguise”
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“I have been recognized from Mad Men, and it’s so cool when that happens because I am so proud to be a part of the show.”
Source : "Q&A – Jay R. Ferguson (Stan Rizzo)". Interview with Shavonne Bell, www.amc.com. December 2012.
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“Gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and break away. I won't forget the place I came from.”
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“This is a rather unusual situation in physics. We perform approximate calculations which are valid only in some regime and this gives us the exact answer. This is a theorist's heaven- exact results with approximate methods.”
