"The storm hit with all the fury of a woman whoâ€™d been dieting for six months, only to discover sheâ€™d gained four pounds."

-- Alan Dean Foster

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“Anything is depressing if you dwell on it. The fact that religion could end the world? Yeah, I guess that could be considered depressing. But considering that there's also a lot to laugh at, I think it's a good balance.”
“Nothing exceptional [would happen to the world under a Hillary Clinton's presidency] - things would stay the same: sponsorship of "Color" or "Umbrella" or whatever "revolutions", some more coups, "regime changes", direct invasions, bombing, propaganda warfare against China, Russia, Iran, South Africa and what is left of the Latin American revolutions. There would be plenty of torture in "secret centers", but it would not be as advertised and glorified as it would be if [Donald] Trump were elected.”
“I like Bloomingdales, and I like a store called Scoop.”
“No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so.”
“After a lifetime of war-watching, I see war as an endemic human disease, and governments are the carriers.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn (1988). “The Face of War”, p.7, Atlantic Monthly Press
“Most Achievers I Know Are People Who Have Made A Strong And Deep Dedication to Pursuing A Particular Goal. That Dedication Took A Tremendous Amount Of Effort.”

Source : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”
“I went to lose a jolly, Hour on the trolley, And lost my heart instead...”

Source : "Song: The Trolley Song". Performed in the musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis" by Judy Garland, November 22, 1944.

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