"Remember the great film with Bette Davis, All About Eve? There's a scene after the scheming Eve steals Margo's role through trickery & then gets this magnificent review. Margo of course is effing & blinding all over the place. And crying. Her director rushes into her house, puts his arms around her & says, "I ran all the way". That's what I want."

-- Martha Grimes

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“Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.”

Source : William Lloyd Garrison, Bruce Rogers (1905). “The Words of Garrison: A Centennial Selection (1805-1905) of Characteristic Sentiments from the Writings of William Lloyd Garrison”
“There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.”

Source : Source: www.realstylenetwork.com
“Every secret we confide in another person can be a burden to them”

Source : Henning Mankell (2013). “The Dogs of Riga: A Kurt Wallendar Mystery”, p.140, The New Press
“True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One's inner voices become audible... In consequence, one responds more clearly to other lives.”
“To advise is not to compel.”
“I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.”
“I'd like to know what the Internet is going to look like in 2050. Thinking about it makes me wish I were eight years old.”

Source : "Vint Cerf: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 24, 2008.
“I made mistakes, I drank too much, I smoked some crack some time. What can I say? I made a mistake, Iâ€™m human.”

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