"You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want."

-- Samuel L. Jackson

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“We have all probably noted those sudden moments of quiet - those strange and almost miraculous moments in the life of a big city when there is a cessation of traffic noise - just an instant when there is only the sound of footsteps which serves to emphasize a sudden peace. During those seconds it is possible to notice the sunlight, to notice our fellow humans, to take breath.”
“We have become so obsessed by numbers and by bottom lines that beauty and truth has been knocked aside.”
“Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others.”
“Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.”
“Time sheds a softness on remote objects or events, as local distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mellowness which disappear on a nearer approach.”

Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.160
“All the humiliating, tragicomic, heartbreaking things happened to me in my girlhood, and nothing makes me happier than to realize I cannot possibly relive my youth.”
“I knew those feelings of wanting to be with another brother were not dead; they were just asleep.”

Source : JL King, Brenda Stone Browder (2013). “The Ex-Factor: Finding Freedom to Heal, Forgive & Love Again”, p.36, BookBaby
“Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much better.”

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