"I certainly should have,' he agrees, smiling and thinking what an absurd and universally-accepted bit of nonsense it is, that your best friends must necessarily be the ones who best understand you. As if there weren't far too much understanding in the world already; above all, that understanding between lovers, celebrated in song and story, which is actually such torture that no two of them can bear it without frequent separations or fights."

-- Christopher Isherwood

#Song Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“the Bible is used as a means of reinforcing their [women's] subordination to men through divine sanction.”
“The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his home. He wants to do his part to help make his city, state, and nation a better place for everyone, regardless of color and race.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People who are following their dreams inspire me.”
“I was made at right angles to the world and I see it so. I can only see it so.”

Source : Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.300, Macmillan
“I love acting and will take all the time to continue to act. But sometimes I'd like to try my hand at directing.”
“A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy.”
“Anything that could be conceived of that would separate black people from white people was devised and codified by someone in some state in the South. There were colored and White waiting rooms everywhere, from doctor's offices to the bus stations, as people may already know.”

Source : "Great Migration: The African-American Exodus North". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 13, 2010.
“The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds.”

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