"I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me."

-- Kevin Bacon

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“Even with insects - some can sing, some can't.”

Source : Kobayashi Issa, “Even With Insects”
“Virtue its own reward? Alas! And what a poor one as a rule! Be virtuous and life will pass Like one long term of Sunday School.”

Source : Harry Graham (2016). “Perverted Proverbs: A Manual of Immorals for the Many”, p.9, The Floating Press
“All of us sport an invisible sign around our necks -- â€œAS IS.â€ It means, take me as I am. I may not become what you want me to be. And I'm far, far from perfect. But I have some great qualities, too, as well as my share of faults. You will have to take me â€œAS ISâ€ and I'll take you that way, too.”
“Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 22, 2012
“Society is an interweaving and interworking of mental selves. I imagine your mind and especially what your mind thinks about my mind and what my mind thinks about what your mind thinks about my mind. I dress my mind before you and expect that you will dress yours before mine. Whoever cannot or will not perform these feats is not properly in the game.”

Source : "Life and the Student: Roadside Notes on Human Nature, Society, and Letters". Book by Charles Cooley, p. 200, 1927.
“I am big supporter of the idea of a global anti-corruption movement - but one that begins by recognizing that the architecture of corruption is different in different countries. The corruption we suffer is not the same as the corruption that debilitates Africa. But it is both corruption, and both need to be eliminated if the faith in democracy is not going to be destroyed.”
“Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.”
“I am grateful to be able to participate in the adult citation program where I will complete community service.”

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