"Man is the only one in whom the instinct of life falters long enough to enable it to ask the question "Why?"

-- Joseph Wood Krutch

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“The funny thing is that my husband couldn't be sweeter. He looks like this bad boy. He's got tattoos and earrings and a mohawk, but when you talk to him and he's around you, he's such a gentleman. He holds doors for ladies. He pulls out chairs. He cooks. He cleans.”

Source : "Malin Akerman Talks ROCK OF AGES, the Stalled Linda Lovelace Movie, and Playing Debbie Harry in CBGB". Press day, collider.com. June 16, 2012.
“So now, how did God produce this world?... The fable is that he breathed upon us. In his breath, his wind, came moisture and things began to grow... a message of hope. Nothing physical. How do you intend for your breath to become a work of art? The only way I can see it is that you prevent your breath from becoming a structure. As soon as your breath takes on the form of a room, you are a carpenter; you're not God.”
“I see a trend here where the President seems to think his job is to count votes and then try to make a deal That's what we in legislatures do. Mr. Obama's job is to travel the country, fight for the values that he cares about.”
“All human happiness revolves around love. Love is central to the bonds on which a family is built.”

Source : Margaret Way (2005). “His Heiress Wife”, Thorndike Press
“When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth.”
“She started drinkin' we weren't thinkin' too straight, she was doing eighty slammed on the brakes. Got so hot we had to pull to the side, did some shakin' 'til the middle of the night.”
“The bad news is that ignoring the performance of people is almost as bad as shredding their effort in front of their eyes. â€¦ The good news is that by simply looking at something that somebody has done, scanning it and saying â€˜uh huh,â€™ [you] dramatically improve people's motivations.”
“Modern civilization has no understanding of sacred matters. Everything is backwards.”

Source : Thomas Yellowtail, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (1994). “Yellowtail, Crow Medicine Man and Sun Dance Chief: An Autobiography”, p.188, University of Oklahoma Press

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