"Real reading is a lonely activity."

--

Harold Bloom

#Lonely Quotes #Real Quotes #Reading Quotes

“Time is a great ocean which, like the other ocean, overflows with our remains.”
“I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.”
“First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of the world community. But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy. Obviously, the owners of coal and oil will not be enthusiastic about this. One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore...”

Source : "UN IPCC Official Admits 'We Redistribute World's Wealth By Climate Policy' 15 Shares". www.newsbusters.org. November 18, 2010.
“Beliefâ€¦is the insistence that the truth is what one would â€˜liefâ€™ or (will or) wish to beâ€¦Faith is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith letâ€™s goâ€¦faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deceptio”
“We New Yorkers see more death and violence than most soldiers do, grow a thick chitin on our backs, grimace like a rat and learn to do a disappearing act. Long ago we outgrew the need to be blowhards about our masculinity; we leave that to the Alaskans and Texans, who have more time for it.”
“In a modern world, increasingly filled with pop culture fads and gimmicks, Lisa Morton reveals much of the underbelly history and unknown facts regarding the biggest pop culture event in history-Halloween. Her sheer delight and well-researched enthusiasm in tackling many of the unrecognized aspects of this monstrous topic makes one wonder what we don't know about everything else that should be as commonplace to our psyche as a bag of candy.”
“Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.”

Source : "Ryan Phillippe and Terrance Howard talk Crash". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. May 05, 2005.
“It's hard enough to be in a marriage, and then have a kid, then kids, it changes everything. For me, I'd become more concerned with my children. Not that I ignored Britney, but my kids are always most important . . . I mean, we were having complications. I didn't give her an ultimatum, but I was trying to work stuff out with her, and she didn't even talk to me or anything and went behind my back and filed [for divorce]. [I was] completely blindsided.”

Source : "Kevin Federline: My Side of the Story". Interview with Marisa Laudadio, people.com. December 03, 2008.

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