"... he that will live in this World, must be endu'd with the three rare Qualities of Dissimulation, Equivocation, and mental Reservation."

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Source : Aphra Behn (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)”, p.1382, Delphi Classics

Aphra Behn

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“I believe in God, who can respond to prayers, to whom we can give trust and without whom life on this earth would be without meaning (a tale told by an idiot). I believe that God has revealed Himself to us in many ways and through many men and women, and that for us here in the West the clearest revelation is through Jesus and those that have followed him.”
“The holy have done more damage to this world than the devil ever could.”
“It's promising and seductive, that huge Italian family, sitting around the dinner table, surrounded by olive trees. But it's not my family and I am not their family, and no amount of birthing sons, and cooking dinner and raking leaves or planting the gardens or paying for the plane tickets is going to change that. If I don't come back in eleven months, I will not be missed, and no one will write me or call me to acknowledge my absence. Which is not an accusation, just a small truth about clan and bloodline.”
“The funny thing is that even engineers and techs don't know what a tiny telephone connector is - people call them TT connectors. Engineers used to come by all the time and say, "Why are you called Tiny Telephone?"”

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“I'm trying to get across the message that don't be afraid of animals, they're just put on this earth to help the environment and everything like that.”
“In the valley of suffering, despair and bitterness are brewed. But there also character is made. The valley of suffering is the vale of soul-making.”

Source : Nicholas Wolterstorff (1987). “Lament for a Son”, p.97, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.”
“Some people are suspicious of others who have more than one talent. I've had poets tell me to my face that an actress can't be a poet.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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