"Romulan or Vulcan?' the ushers asked each guest. Marion, who had been poised to say 'friends of the bride' had responded to the question with an open-mouthed stare, and Jay Omega answered, 'Klingon!" which got them seats in the back row of the Romulan side."

-- Sharyn McCrumb

#Guests Quotes #Sides Quotes #Staring Quotes

“There's one Baldessari work I genuinely love and would like to own, maybe because of my Midwestern roots and love of driving alone. 'The backs of all the trucks passed while driving from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, California, Sunday, 20 January 1963' consists of a grid of 32 small color photographs depicting just what the title says.”
“Conditions have changed, but we are still operating financially by the rules established during the Industrial Revolution-rules based on creating more material possessions. But our high standard of living has not led to a high quality of life-for us or for the planet.”
“A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.”
“If you lack vulnerability then you are not being truthful to yourself.”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.
“Americans ... attach such a fantastic importance to their baths and plumbing and gadgets of all sorts. They talk as if people could hardly be human beings without all that; we in Europe are beginning to wonder if people can be human beings with it ...”

Source : Ann Bridge (2013). “Singing Waters”, p.114, A&C Black
“If we are to understand anything of the human mind we must approach the people of the past with humility rather than an overconfident superiority.”

Source : Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart (2001). “The Shape of Irish History”
“Being behind the camera you have control; you have the ability to make decisions for characters, for where the story line's going to go, how you want to put it out there, how you want to edit it. Acting is like where you paint on the canvas, and being behind the camera is like being either the paint or the paintbrush. They're both a part of the creative process, it's just that they have two different functions.”

Source : Source: abilitymagazine.com
“I came here as a man of visions. I was sent here as a man of visions, like a second Noah. I'm not a Noah but I'm here as a second Noah. I'm here as a red light is in the street.”

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