"I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead"

-- Elfriede Jelinek

#Writing Quotes #Attention Quotes #May Quotes

“You and I have been physically given two hands and two legs and half-decent brains. Some people have not been born like that for a reason. The karma is working from another lifetime.”

Source : "Is Believing in God Irrational". Book by Amy Orr-Ewing, p.75, October 2, 2008.
“I ache for the touch of your lips dear, but much more for the touch of your whips dear.”
“I think the American people lose a large part of the joy of life because they do not live for generations in the same place.”
“A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!”
“Along a series of lines running from longer to shorter wavelengths the effect of the electric field becomes greater as the serial numbers increase - that is, as the wavelength decreases.”
“I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters.”
“Journalists generally have no bias toward one cosmological theory or another, but many have a natural preference for excitement.”
“Now, as an adult, I appreciate those memories. Mom taught me the importance of compassion for your waitress, your crossing guard, your mailman.”

Source : "Cate Edwards: What No One Knows About My Mother, Elizabeth Edwards". www.glamour.com. October 6, 2011.

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