"Getting involved is so, so . . . involving."

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Source : "Fictional character: Ivy Smith". "On the Town", www.imdb.com. 1949.

Vera-Ellen

“A chic home makes you happy and a happy home makes you chic!”
“One of the tragic consequences of divorce is that the kids are legally obligated by the courts to spend a fixed amount of time with their dads. In normal families, dads and children happily ignore each other.”

Source : C.D. Payne (2009). “Youth in Revolt: Now a major motion picture from Dimension Films starring Michael Cera”, p.14, Broadway Books
“I'm doing this for my family and my country.”
“The words in prose ought to express the intended meaning, and no more; if they attract attention to themselves, it is, in general, a fault.”
“They were chanting my name, but I don't know why. My name is on the back of my uniform. So, it's nice to know they can read.”
“There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities.”

Source : 1970 In the NewYork Review of Books, 18 Nov.
“All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.”
“A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers.”

Source : Patrick Kavanagh (1973). “Collected Pruse”

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