"Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality."

-- Walter Kaufmann

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“It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I mean to be fond of (as one is fond of oneself) --to hope, to be disappointed, to live inside the other heart.”
“I did all the musicals in my high school; I was in a pop group signed to Cash Money Records in college. Music has always been a really big part of my life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations.”

Source : James L Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.90, Encounter Books
“I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up.”
“Lou Grant was pretty much always Lou Grant”
“More children from the fit, less from the unfit -- that is the chief aim of birth control.”
“Every person is born into life as a blank page and every person leaves life as a full book.”

Source : Christina Baldwin (2010). “Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story”, p.11, New World Library
“Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.”

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