"A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises."

-- Isaac Bashevis Singer

#Inspirational Quotes #Inspiring Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction”
“I have a promptness problem. I am a promptness-free zone.”
“If I was not an actress, I would be a homeopathic doctor.”
“How about no income tax at all on people over 65? People would continue working, remain healthier, not be an economic and social drain on society. Then the elderly would also have more disposable income to help charitable activities.”
“I get called Jacqueline Bissette in America. In France, I get called Jackie Bisset. And actually, it is Jacqueline Bisset, which is not that easy to say.”

Source : "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. October 17, 2013.
“...Senate Doc. # 259. The 65th congress(:)...The coal companies made between 100% and 7,856% on their capital stock during the war (to end all wars, WWI). ...The leather people sold your Uncle Sam hundreds of thousands of saddles for the calvary. But there wasn't any calvary overseas!”
“People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she imagined, were quite critical of her. She was, we must never forget, a public figure. And in democracies, public figures tend to attract criticism as well as praise. The most dangerous thing would be if anybody were regarded as above criticism. And Eleanor Roosevelt is, in recent years, getting there.”
“And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process.”

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