"Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up."

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Source : Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.158, Penguin

Jim Butcher

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“There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if there are no quirky black women. I struggle with those things constantly, trying to add dimension to my work, and that's the goal, too.”

Source : "Exclusive! Nicole Beharie Talks Career Choices, Burden Of Representation, Being An “It” Girl & More". Interview with Vanessa Martinez, www.indiewire.com. August 27, 2011.
“In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women into political leadership has caused a tsunami.”

Source : "Female Heads of State" by Lynn Harris, www.glamour.com. November 1, 2010.
“True ownership of anything requires time ...”
“Nixon has the audacity to tell me to do nothing in the interest of my country until he dictactes where that interest lies. At the same time he threatens me that failure to follow his so-called advice will be to jeopardize the special relations between our two countries. I say to hell with such special relations.”

Source : "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 278, 1991.
“I think life is simpler than we tend to think. We look for answers and more answers. But there are no answers. Things happen in life, good things and bad. People say, 'Why did it happen to me?' Well, why not? Some people win the lottery, and others die in a car crash. It happens, and there is nothing we can do about it. The universe doesn't care what happens to you.”
“But if i sit here and weep I'll be blown over by the slightest of breeze”

Source : Song: Rambling Man, Album: I Speak Because I Can, 2010
“Acting has helped me detox in football. Getting lost in a character and a scene, it's awesome.”

Source : Source: www.menshealth.com
“A strange, glazed expression came into his eyes and he staggered around the cabin looking for all the world like a zombie unwilling to take part in an experiment in advanced necromancy.”

Source : John E. Muller, Lionel Fanthorpe, Patricia Fanthorpe (2014). “Dark Continuum”, p.9, Hachette UK

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