"Neither in tailoring nor in legislating does man proceed by mere accident."

-- Thomas Carlyle

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“There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 18, 2016
“Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.”
“A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jane Smiley from Jul 28, 2012
“When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what theater does best. What theater does best is to be abstract and not to do literal reality.”
“My father was a local radio celebrity in the Albany area while I was growing up. That was his dream when he was a boy. I learned from him that some dreams are attainable and the penalty for inaction is regret.”
“Certainly the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a videogame beautifully.”
“What, after all, is mathematics but the poetry of the mind, and what is poetry but the mathematics of the heart?”
“Do you think Iâ€™m pretty?â€ I heard myself ask. Something I couldnâ€™t name flashed across his face. â€œNo. I donâ€™t think youâ€™re pretty. I think youâ€™re the most beautiful girl Iâ€™ve ever seen.”

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