"The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't."

-- Sue Monk Kidd

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“We believe that marriage, by its very definition, can exist only between a man and a woman. Moreover, study after study - not to mention common sense - show that children fare better in life when raised in a home with a loving father and mother in a stable, committed relationship.”
“Thongs are the leading cause of pregnancy in the United States.”
“If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!”
“Every film, obviously, everyone starts out aiming at making it good, and in the end, filmmaking is really fragile. Making a film is like building a house of cards on the deck of a speeding boat, or playing chess on train tracks. Every opportunity feels like that; it's the one artistic field that's unlike most of the others.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.”
“Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.”
“A smile couldn't be brought into court as evidence. You couldn't arrest a man because he had trembled. Brown eyes had stolen a peep at gray eyes, so what? The tone of a voice was something that died with a word.”
“Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a world before, after, or other than this one, enter that world completely. Search it to find your deepest longings and most terrible fears. Let imagination carry you as far as it may, as long as you recount the voyage with excitement and wonder. But this is the most important rule: write the book you most long to read.”

Source : "Know thy subject" by Steven Saylor, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2002.

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