"Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know."

-- Richard Ford

#Important Quotes

“Someone has said the best nursing home is the U.S. Senate.”
“In England, there's a lot of people producing their own work and becoming producers and filmmakers, so they're not constantly waiting around. It can be very scarce for work, so it's important to create the work.”

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“I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there.”
“I was only in the public eye because I was annoying. You know how neurotic people may ask for one thing when they may really want another thing? It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.”

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“An invention can be so valuable as to be worthless to the inventor,”
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”
“With all of the visual distraction constantly inundating us in the form of our devices and screens, I really derive a great deal of pleasure from watching the sun rise and set, admiring clouds as they change shape across the sky, watching tree leaves and blossoms undulate in the breeze....these treats foment an ocular-cleansing refreshment to my way of thinking.”
“Jesus, I trust in You.”

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