"We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer Yes, but I did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

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“Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.”
“Mind over matter. Weak minded people are easily influenced. Strong minded people you can't break their will.”
“Finally, Peeta turns to Pollux. "Well, then you just became our most valuable asset." Castor laughs and Pollux manages a smile. We're halfway down the first tunnel when I realize what was so remarkable about that exchange. Peeta sounded like his old self, the one who could always think of the right thing to say when nobody else could... I glance back at him as he trudges along under his guards, Gale and Jackson, his eyes fixed on the ground, his shoulders hunched forward. So dispirited. But for a moment, he was really here.”
“In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.”
“I know stealing a foot is weird. But, hello, living in a house where a foot is available to be stolen is weird.”

Source : "Fictional character: Claire Fisher". TV Series "Six Feet Under" ("An Open Book", 2001), www.imdb.com. (2001–2005).
“But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on.”
“I don't go to the movies because they scare me. I don't like anything that is suspenseful, even pleasantly so.”
“My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study of law was unusual for women of my generation. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A., but your M.R.S.”

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