"A writers job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means."

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Barry Hannah

#Jobs Quotes #Mean Quotes #Chosen Quotes

“Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dictatorial ways have hurt Iran's image across the globe and could be a prelude to dictatorship.”

Source : "Ahmadinejad accused of tainting Iran's image in TV debate" by Shirzad Bozorgmehr, www.cnn.com. June 4, 2009.
“The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success.”
“What is the average type of a counterfeit church? A hammock, attached on one side to the cross, and, on the other, held and swung to and fro by the forefinger of Mammon; its freight of nominal Christians elegantly moaning meanwhile over the evils of the times, and not at ease unless fanned by eloquence and music, and sprinkled by social adulations into perfumed, unheroic slumber.”

Source : Joseph Cook (1881). “Scepticism and Rationalism: Elective Affinities and Hereditary Descent”
“Little white lies are part of everyday life. If youre in court being charged with a felony, youre probably going to be tempted to lie. Or if your girlfriend asks you if the sweater she is wearing makes her look fat; youre going to lie because you love that person. There are different reasons and justifications to lie; its human nature.”
“I've made a way to allow myself to do big films, small films, dramas, comedies, action films, horror films, or whatever interests me, as a movie-goer. I like watching myself in movies. I want to choose movies that allow me to enjoy myself, the way that I want to entertain myself.”
“It's not a big part, ... I wheel in an ultrasound machine and say to Taylor's gynecologist, 'If you have a problem with it, just give it a light tap on the side.' Then they hand me a urine sample, and I put it up to the light and say 'Hmm, looks pretty healthy, but I'll check.'”
“There is a waterfall in every dream. Cool and crystal clear, it falls gently on the sleeper, cleansing the mind and soothing the soul.”
“It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations.”

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