"From the time I began to read, as a child, I loved to feel their heft in my hand and the warm spot caused by their intimate weight in my lap; I loved the crisp whisper of a page turning, the musky odor of old paper and the sharp inky whiff of new pages. Leather bindings sent me into ecstasy. I even loved to gaze at a closed book and daydream about the possibilities inside."

-- Rita Dove

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“The biggest challenge of my career has been wanting to do EVERYTHING! I always say I wish I could clone myself so that I could do everything for work and be a full-time mommy at the same time, and I know that so many women feel the same way. It has been a challenge for me to step back, take a moment to breathe, and to accept the fact that I logistically just cannot do everything and be everywhere at the same time.”
“The only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran.”
“For Halloween I'm gonna be emotionally stable. No one's gonna know it's me.”
“Soon as I see her walk up in the club, I'm a flirt. Winking eyes at me, when I roll up on them dubs, I'm a flirt. Sometimes when I'm with my chick on the low, I'm a flirt. And when she's wit her man looking at me, damn right, I'm a flirt.”
“My wife Shanti and I are blessed with two wonderful daughters. Nothing is more important to us than protecting their future and the future of every Arkansas child.”

Source : "Bill Halter Running For Arkansas Senate: Progressive Democrat To Challenge Blanche Lincoln" by Sam Stein, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 30, 2010.
“Acting is the developing of one's own personality, too, you know. That's what the public buys in a star, shall we say, the personality thing.”
“I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong.”
“In 2005, the Global Language Monitor-a nonprofit organization that does exactly what its name suggests-issued a tongue-in-cheek list of the year's most politically correct words and phrases. Top”

Source : Kevin Dutton (2011). “Split-Second Persuasion: The Ancient Art and New Science of Changing Minds”, p.121, HMH

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