"America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time."

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Source : "On Texas" by Ian Frazier, www.newyorker.com. March 24, 2014.

Ian Frazier

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“Grief doesn't have a plot. It isn't smooth. There is no beginning and middle and end.”

Source : Ann Hood (2009). “Comfort: A Journey Through Grief”, p.53, W. W. Norton & Company
“I wish all critics, no matter their color, were more sophisticated when it comes to the moral questions a film like 'St. Anna' is trying to raise.”
“For theater, the fashion had to have a certain grandeur that would read on the stage while also flattering the actress. The same thing applies when doing a wedding dress, but the treatments can be more delicate and there can be much more detail.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“I had played so poorly recently, I started thinking that maybe I should do something else. Then I saw my friends going to work everyday and realised that my life wasn't so bad.”
“I believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, and you can see a lot of echoes of Andy in Ryan's work. Like Andy, Ryan's finger is so on the pulse of culture that he's ahead of culture. Their aesthetic and their vision of the world are very similar.”
“Why do they kill people of other religions because of religion? Why do they hate the Israelis and despise their right to exist? Why do they hate each other? Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me.”

Source : "Lott: Bush barely mentioned Iraq in meeting with Senate Republicans" by Ted Barrett, edition.cnn.com. September 28, 2006.
“You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?”

Source : Hakuin Ekaku (2010). “The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin: A Translation of the Sokko-roku Kaien-fusetsu”, p.1, Shambhala Publications
“I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.”

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