"Time, on its own, heals nothing."

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Source : Mary Rakow (2015). “The Memory Room: A Novel”, p.186, Counterpoint

Mary Rakow

“A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them.”
“"Respecting" means concerning or with reference to. But it also means with respect~ that is "reverence," "good-will," "regard" to. Taking into account this richer meaning, the Establishment Clause, in banning laws that concern religion, especially prohibits those that pay homage to religion.”
“Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to do whatever they ask.”
“Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.”
“A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves. Our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests.”

Source : "Brazil rejects Bush move on climate change talks". Interview with John Vidal and Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2007.
“Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit.”
“What you hope for, you also fear.”
“If I wanted to connect like I do now, I'd have to write 500,000 letters, get 500,000 stamps, send them out and wait for them all to come back. This stuff is instantaneous. I can see if someone is having a bad day and send them a smiley face and have an effect on them. It's fun, but it's also a very powerful thing.”

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