"Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined."

-- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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“That is the first thing to learn â€” not to seek. When you seek you are really only window-shopping. The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality, or whatever you like to call it, can never be answered by books, by priests, philosophers or saviours. Nobody and nothing can answer the question but you yourself and that is why you must know yourself. Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self. To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.”
“I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening.”
“One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.”
“Its such a process to get a show off the ground initially. And then, to already have a second season announced is a dream come true for any actor.”

Source : "Nicky Whelan Talks MATADOR, Her Reaction to the Season 2 Pick-Up, Her Audition Process, Learning to Shoot a Gun, and Her Character’s Relationships". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2014.
“We need to acknowledge that the death penalty is broken beyond repair.”
“I've never seen Barack Obama as a progressive, just someone a bit more centrist, and not as right leaning as Hillary Clinton. Obama may make friends with a lot of K street lobbyists. The progressive blogosphere may be able to raise enough of a cry to persuade him that he doesn't need them, that he can get by with a few million people on the net financially supporting him.”
“I grew up in the church, singing in choirs, and I went to a performing arts school, and I had a gospel group, so music has always been in my blood.”
“When everything changes we learn who we really are. Whatâ€™s really important. What we want most. We discover the truth in moments of disarray.”

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