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Maeve Brennan

"New York does nothing for those of us who are inclined to love her except implant in our hearts a homesickness that baffles us until we go away from her, and then we realize why we are restless. At home or away, we are homesick for New York not because New York used to be better and not because she used to be worse but because the city holds us and we don't know why."

Source : Maeve Brennan (2015). “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker”, p.79, Counterpoint

Maeve Brennan

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“If you hit a Talib, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib, You must not treat others with cruelty. You must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education.”
“I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.”
“In the desert we rediscover the value of what is essential for living; thus in today's world there are innumerable signs, often expressed implicitly or negatively, of the thirst for God, for the ultimate meaning of life. And in the desert people of faith are needed who, by the example of their own lives, point out the way to the Promised Land and keep hope alive.”
“I like women who look like me. Generally, you're attracted to women who look like you, because the most beautiful thing in nature is your own reflection.”

Source : "Howard's Den". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. August 1, 2007.
“I feel strongly, because a man who will himself die one day in the not to distant future and, also, as a psychiatrist who spent decades dealing with death anxiety, that confronting death allows us, not to open some noisome, Pandora's box, but to re-enter life in a richer, more compassionate manner.”
“I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.”
“I get what I desire, it's my empire And yes I call the shots, I am the umpire”
“As actors, the great thing about our career is we get to change from role to role. I don't want to be known as "put him in the movie because he has nice abs" guy.”

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