"When I left the theaterâ€¦ I was thinking that Iâ€™d seen a classic of American dance. It confers a mythic dimension on ordinary aspects of our daily lives â€“ itâ€™s unfaked folk art. The dancers, crashing wave upon wave into those falls, have a happy insane spirit that recalls a unique moment in American life â€“ the time we did the school play or we were ready to drown at a swimming meet. The last time most of us were happy in that way."

-- Arlene Croce

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“So quiet and subtle is the beauty of December that escapes the notice of many people their whole lives through.. Colour gives way to form. every branch distinct, in a delicate tracery against the sky.. new vistas obscured all Summer by leafage, now open up.”

Source : "The Peverel Papers: A Yearbook of the Countryside". Book by Flora Thompson. December Chapter, 1986.
“I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.”
“Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it was lowly Birmingham University. But even when I came out with my degree, my mother promptly insisted I go straight to secretarial college to have something to fall back on, just in case - which didn't exactly fill me with confidence.”

Source : "Tamsin Greig: Green Goddess". The Independent Interview, www.independent.co.uk. May 05, 2006.
“My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.”
“I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps.”
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.”

Source : FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from Oct 29, 2013
“I'm happy people look at me as a role model.”
“I was able to afford a car that didn't break down every five minutes.”

Source : "White Stripes For Coffee And Cigarettes". Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, suicidegirls.com. May 9, 2004.

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