"You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that."

-- Claire Bloom

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“Not only would I say that the family is important for the evangelization of the new world. The family is important, and it is necessary for the survival of humanity. Without the family, the cultural survival of the human race would be at risk. The family, whether we like it or not, is the foundation.”
“Marriage is part of a sort of 50â€²s revival package that's back in vogue along with neckties and naked ambition.”
“Boredom forces you to ring people you havenâ€™t seen for eighteen years and halfway through the conversation you remember why you left it so long. Boredom means you start to read not only mail-order catalogues but also the advertising inserts that fall on the floor. Boredom gives you half a mind to get a gun and go berserk in the local shopping centre, and you know where this is going. Eventually, boredom means you will take up golf.”
“Everyone should write a book, if only to see how much work goes into even the slight volume I send you.”
“Those nights lying alone are not discontinuous with this cold hectic dawn. It is who I am.”
“When it comes to our integrity: one moment in a dark place can cast a shadow for a lifetime.”
“I think if you open the door to government control of television, then you let in a host of questions about rights.”
“Time doesn't really heal, it just makes you not to give a crap”

Source : David Baldacci (2009). “Split Second”, p.101, Pan Macmillan

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