"Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed."

-- Henry Miller

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“In this matter of baptism - if I may be pardoned for saying it - I can only conclude that all the doctors have been in error from the time of the apostles. . . . All the doctors have ascribed to the water a power which it does not have and the holy apostles did not teach.”
“When I got to Grinnell College, I was part of the black turtleneck sweater and Camel cigarette crowd of poets and writers.”

Source : "Bay Area theater leaders on their inspirations" by Robert Hurwitt, www.sfgate.com. December 15, 2013.
“Cats be talkin', "Bobby I ain't feelin' ya." But I bet if I was peelin' your cap back with a two-shot Dillinger Hot lead released from my cylinder, You'd be talkin' 'bout, "Bobby I'm feelin' ya!"”
“Surveying the way viruses have been discovered in the past, I came to the conclusion that I could use my technology that I developed as a graduate student - DNA microarray technology - to create a chip that would simultaneously screen for all viruses ever discovered, and furthermore have the built-in capability of discovering new viruses.”
“The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.”

Source : Alva Myrdal's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1982.
“When we direct our thoughts properly i.e. 'Things could be worse but aren't', we can control our emotions... i.e. and feel relieved, grateful, satisfied, hopeful and happy”
“It's one of these wonderful economic coincidences.”
“By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.”

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