"The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion."

-- Edna Ferber

#Helping Quotes #Compulsion Quotes

“It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what that adds up to in a year, and it's a distressing figure.”
“If Hillary Clinton can enthuse her base and turnout enough, can she win? She still doesn't have the [Ben] Sanders voters, they're angry at her.”
“When I ask people to contemplate selflessness, the sometimes react as if I've asked them to put their house on the market or give away all their money. If there was a self that existed in the way we think, discovering selflessness would be like putting our house on the market. But in the Buddhist tradition, the discovery of selflessness is called "completely joyful." It's not called "the raw end of the deal," or "I'd rather go back to bed," or "This is scary and depressing."”
“Don't never follow your first mind, cause that's the one that's wrong. 'Cause the Devil beats God to you every time.”
“Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.”
“The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities.”
“I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.”

Source : "Billy Crudup Bares All". Parade Interview, parade.com. March 3, 2009.
“If you're hiring, if you're the person doing the hiring, forgive a scar or two. Remember that when we were young, we were also idiots. There were just no cameras there to catch it.”

Source : "Greg Gutfeld's advice for grads". www.foxnews.com. May 19, 2015.

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