"The clock ticked with empty urgency, as though trying to catch up with the time. In the street a siren howled."

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Ralph Ellison

#Trying Quotes #Sirens Quotes #Empty Quotes

“Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born, Sang with many a change, Christmas carols until morn.”
“Influence comes out of the work that you've done and the things you've stood for. Influence and power shouldn't be given to just anybody who wants them.”
“Actors are con men and con men are actors.”

Source : FaceBook post by Edward Burns from May 01, 2012
“I'm losing myself trying to compete with everyone else, instead of just being me.”
“In the 1960s, you could eat anything you wanted, and of course, people were smoking cigarettes and all kinds of things, and there was no talk about fat and anything like that, and butter and cream were rife. Those were lovely days for gastronomy, I must say.”
“I don't feel badly about that. There's a lot of energy on the golf course. The guys are playing great. I like the pairings in the afternoon. I'm going to take what we've got.”

Source : Hal Sutton during The Ryder Cup Matches Press Conference, www.rydercup.com. September 18, 2004.
“I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. They had these archaic rules: for example, girls couldn't wear makeup. I found it so outrageous that an all-boys school could tell girls to not wear makeup! So I went on a campaign. I got a petition signed and everything. If a girl wants to wear makeup to boost confidence, why not?”
“Corruption is a fact of life in America as in Afganistan, but as American citizens, if we are white, we tend to experience it as an opportunity cost. I live in Washington, DC, where the city council is notoriously corrupt. But how do I experience that? Maybe in streets that are not as well paved as they could be, maybe in a bridge that costs a lot more money than it should have. That's a little bit abstract - shocking, of course - but still abstract.”

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