"Every instance in my life, I've felt like the exact opposite of Superman. Except this time, this moment right now. I don't care. I don't feel like a weak, insipid sissy. Because right now I know I would save the girl. I know that I would rather risk the planet than let harm befall Eliza Wishart. I would save her in a second. Because I can imagine her and me huddled safe together while the earth falls under evil designs, but I can't imagine the world without her in it."

-- Craig Silvey

#Girl Quotes #Fall Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.”
“How worthy it is to remember former benefits when we come to beg for new.”

Source : Stephen Charnock (1874). “Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God”, p.277
“The only way to love a person is...by listening to them and seeing and believing in the god, in the poet, in them. For by doing this, you keep the god and the poet alive and make it flourish.”
“I could start this review by stating that Dumb and Dumberer lives up to its name, or by calling it stupid, moronic, and idiotic, but I believe that approach is a trap, since a movie like this might relish being the object of such bland invectives. Instead, let me try a few that can't possibly be misconstrued as twisted praise: unfunny, boring, torturous, and unwatchable. ... [N]o movie could be more aptly compared to raw sewage than this film - Directed By Troy Miller.”

Source : "Dumb and Dumberer (United States, 2003)". A movie review, www.reelviews.net. 2003.
“With each beat, the heart pumps nearly three ounces of blood into the arteries--seventy-five to ninety gallons an hour when the body is at rest.”

Source : Ariel Gore (2003). “Atlas of the Human Heart”, p.14, Seal Press
“For Europe, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts, and try to set afoot a new man.”
“I congratulate myself on not having arrived into the world until the present time. This age suits my taste.”
“I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette.”

Source : "Senator On the Rise". The GateWorld Interview, www.gateworld.net. September 15, 2003.

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