"I did not intend to stay; I had no experience in the United States - I may have been here less than 24 hours - but I knew I would never get inside there. And 'there' not being America necessarily, but that harmonious mode of living that some people are lucky enough to have in this country."

-- Aleksandar Hemon

#Country Quotes #America Quotes #People Quotes

“When I write a project, it might be something that I want to do and then when I look at it, I'm actually like, "I kind of don't want to direct it." I don't know why, I still love it enough for it to be made and to support it, but I don't want to direct it. I just give it to other directors and they do a good job!”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.”
“Organic farming is personal.”
“Take the words of Jesus and let them become the Supreme Court of the Gospel to you.”
“Have you been smoking something? Seriously, I think you're a werewolf. This new snarky attitude is a dead giveaway." "And vampires aren't snarky?" Kylie rolled her eyes. "No, we're pissy. Snarky and pissy are two totally different things.”

Source : C. C. Hunter (2012). “Whispers at Moonrise”, p.27, St. Martin's Griffin
“Some guy once told me that skydiving is like cutting your throat and seeing if you can get to the doctor before you bleed to death.”
“Religion has been a powerful weapon in the hands of governments, in the hands of priests, in the hands of kings who have used it as a weapon to keep down the populace. It is a wonderful way of disciplining people and making them do what you want, to tell them that if they don't do what you want they will, for example, go to Hell.”
“You always say 'I'll quit when I start to slide', and then one morning you wake up and realize you've done slid.”

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