"Latin American countries are part of the West and that it is reasonable to expect a certain degree of openness in their societies that we do not demand of, say, China or Vietnam."

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Source : "Post-Fidel Plans for U.S.-Cuba Relations, Migration Policy". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. August 2, 2007.

Mark Falcoff

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“Diabetes taught me discipline.”
“I have such a strong acting background because I know what I'm looking for, I know what the needs are, and I know acting when I see it.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.”

Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.79, Cambridge University Press
“People speak because they are afraid of silence. They speak mechanically whether aloud or to themselves. They are intoxicated by this vocal gruel that ensnares every object and every being. They talk about rain and fine weather; they talk about money, about love, about nothing. And even when they are talking about their most exalted love, they use words uttered a hundred times, threadbare phrases.”
“The witch's hair was too short and too dark for blond. She wasn't sure if that relieved her or disturbed her. Riley had immediately begun his interrogation, and it had gone something like this: Riley: Where is the meeting between your kind and Aden Stone supposed to take place? Witch: Go suck yourself. Riley: Maybe later. Meeting? Witch: Enjoy death. Riley: I have once already. Now, decide to talk or lose a body part. Witch: May I recommend a finger? Riley: Sure. After I take one of your very necessary hands.”
“Every notion is born along with its form. I make reality of ideas as they come into my head”
“In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, â€˜Is it good, friend?â€™ â€˜It is bitter â€” bitter,â€™ he answered, â€˜But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.”

Source : The Black Riders and Other Lines "In the Desert" l. 1 (1895)
“The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.”

Source : Florida Scott-Maxwell (2013). “Measure of My Days”, p.23, Knopf

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