"Growing food was the first activity that gave us enough prosperity to stay in one place, form complex social groups, tell our stories, and build our cities."

-- Barbara Kingsolver

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“Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.”
“The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida.”
“A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.”
“I am surely a feminist filmmaker, but not because I set out to become one, or am trying to make any kind of statement. Rather, it's inherent in the act of expressing myself, as a woman who is deeply alienated from mainstream cinematic structures of seeing. I express myself and am instantly feminist.”
“Fear not; the things that you are afraid of are quite likely to happen to you, but they are nothing to be afraid of.”

Source : John Macmurray (1961). “The Form of the Personal: Persons in relation”
“Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.”
“For each of us, the only hope resides in his own efforts, in completing his own story, not in the other's interpretation. (63)”
“Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.”

Source : William Maxwell (2013). “All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories”, p.59, Vintage

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