"Two months ago my mother died. She made, as the expression goes, a good death."

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Source : Larry Watson (2010). “Montana 1948: A Novel”, p.16, Milkweed Editions

Larry Watson

#Death Quotes #Mother Quotes #Expression Quotes

“I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.”
“The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.”
“Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' - I think in '87 or '88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, 'Oh, no. We've never had that before.'”
“As in the case of many of the stories that I've written I'm not trying to editorialize. I don't want there to be a message at the end of anything I write. Otherwise you wouldn't trust the characters. They'd feel less organic and more like puppets that are sharing the author's opinion.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness, which are derived from Holy Scripture. Ladies and gentlemen, I have a very simple thing to ask of you. I ask of every man and woman in this audience that, from this night on, they will realize that part of the destiny of America lies in their daily perusal of this great Book of revelations. (The Bible) That if they would see America free and pure they will make their own spirits free and pure by the baptism of Holy Scripture.”
“The tone of good conversation is brilliant and natural; it is neither tedious nor frivolous; it is instructive without pedantry, gay without tumultuousness, polished without affectation, gallant without insipidity, waggish without equivocation.”
“If I might be the means of saving one soul I should prefer it to all the riches and honor in the world”
“Don't be negative. It shows on your face.”

Source : "I love Salman so much: SRK". Interview with Malavika Sangghvi, timesofindia.indiatimes.com. January 2, 2005.

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