"Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S."

-- Timothy Murphy

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“In the clearness of this Himalayan air, mountains draw near, and in such splendor, tears come quietly to my eyes and cool on my sunburned cheeks.Â this is not mere soft-mindedness, nor am I all that silly with the altitude.Â My head has cleared in these weeks free of intrusions- mail, telephones, people and their needs- and I respond to things spontaneously, without defensive or self-conscious screens.Â Still, all this feeling is astonishing: not so long ago I could say truthfully that I had not shed a tear in twenty years.”

Source : Peter Matthiessen (2008). “The Snow Leopard”, p.138, Penguin
“Making every desire come true is not difficult once you realize that the same thing is always at work - you are transforming pure awareness from one state to another.”
“That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt. That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do. That there is such a thing as raw, unalloyed, agendaless kindness. That it is possible to fall asleep during an anxiety attack. That concentrating on anything is very hard work.”
“If you can no longer think about the future, and you once dreamed of everlasting love, don't give up the dream, find it again.”

Source : Lanford Wilson (1994). “Four Short Plays by Lanford Wilson”, p.11, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“Freedom, where are you? Who holds you back? [...] The mother of wit and pleasure, Oh freedom!”
“Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western”
“Real bullets are for keeps, and concealment is not necessarily good cover.”
“Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.”

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