"There seems to be a hole in the culture where mothers went. Then, when their kids went off to school or stopped having ear infections every three weeks, they emerged from the mother zone, and like everyone else, they forgot where they'd been. Amnesia surrounding motherhood is the rule, not the exception."

-- Marni Jackson

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“But once I saw Fulvia Cardew crumple up a sheet of paper with just a couple of words written on it and you wouldâ€™ve thought sheâ€™d murdered someone from the looks she got.”
“Buddhism doesn't promise to fulfill our desires. Instead it says, 'You feel unfulfilled? That's okay. That's normal. Everybody feels unfulfilled. You will always feel unfulfilled. There is no problem with feeling unfulfilled. In fact, if you learn to see it the right way, that very lack of fulfillment is the greatest thing you can ever experience.' This is the realistic outlook.”
“If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife. From my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you.”
“Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Hollywood's martyr-mythology leaves out the fact that the famed Hollywood Ten, for example, were in fact members of the Communist Party, which advocated the violent overthrow of the U.S. government in violation of the Smith Act and which took orders directly from Moscow.”
“My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was - that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for a visit by anyone who desires You!”
“I eat whatever I like, but I play tennis and run nearly every day.”
“Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.”

Source : Gil Scott-Heron (2011). “Now And Then”, p.69, Canongate Books

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