"New York was where we wanted to live when we were finally grown up, and drink martinis and stay out past bedtime ..."

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Source : Barbara Holland (1999). “Wasn't the Grass Greener?: A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories”, Harcourt

Barbara Holland

#New York Quotes #Past Quotes #Bedtime Quotes

“Evolution is all about passing on the genome to the next generation, adapting and surviving through generation after generation. From an evolutionary point of view, you and I are like the booster rockets designed to send the genetic payload into the next level of orbit and then drop off into the sea.”
“You should despair and run away.”
“People really are our most important resource, and people who don't realize that and choose not to live that way, choose not to lead that way, are paying a price for that in many of our companies, many of our organizations.”

Source : "Capt. Chesley Sullenberger". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. June 15, 2012.
“We must let the world know childrenâ€™s stories and we must take effective protective, legal and political actions to ensure that as many children as possible are spared the brutalities of war. Our joint action has, and will, make a difference, if only we make the effort.”
“She sealed his lips with a wanton kiss; 'Though I forgive your breaking your vows to heaven, I expect you to keep your vows to me.”

Source : Matthew Gregory Lewis (2012). “The Monk”, p.153, Courier Corporation
“Broadly speaking, most people lived their lives in a kind of unwilling conformity. The thing was that they were offered, as time went by, various kinds of freedom, most of which were sort of dummy freedoms somehow.”
“You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.”
“I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he fled, [because] that is what he faced.”

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