"Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation."

-- Norman Schwarzkopf

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“The arts teach students that small differences can have large effects. The arts traffic in subtleties.”
“Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day - as long as you treat it that way.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. Let us not then speak ill of our generation, it is not any unhappier than its predecessors. Let us not speak well of it either. Let us not speak of it at all. It is true the population has increased.”
“I usually kissed my clients if they wanted to kiss. I thought it was just way too weird to say "no kissing allowed," That to me was uncomfortable.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The trouble with men is that they are mean-they may mean, but they don't move.”

Source : "Existence". Essay by Joanna Russ (1975) in antology "Epoch" edited by Roger Elwood and Robert Silverberg (p. 283), October 1975.
“Everyone wants to be known as a great striker of the ball for some reason. Nobody wants to be called a lucky, one-putting s.o.b.”
“There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.”
“These eyes weren't made for crying, this love wasn't made to waste. These arms weren't made for battle, but to share in your embrace.”

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