"I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt."

-- Anna Deavere Smith

#People Quotes #Heartfelt Quotes #Stories Quotes

“O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!”

Source : Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, James Shirley (1778). “The Dramatick Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: Laws of candy. False one. Little French lawyer. Tragedy of Valentinian. Monsieur Thomas”, p.416
“During the air war of 1944, a four-man combat crew on a B-17 bomber took a vow to never abandon one another no matter how desperate the situation. The aircraft was hit by flak during a mission and went into a terminal dive, and the pilot ordered everyone to bail out. The top turret gunner obeyed the order, but the ball turret gunner discovered that a piece of flak had jammed his turret and he could not get out. The other three men in his pact could have bailed out with the parachutes, but they stayed with him until the plan hit the ground and exploded. They all died.”
“It's so clear cut with a comedian - you have that reflex action, whereby you laugh or you don't. And so you either love us or you simply cannot see why people are laughing.”
“It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.”
“I was always the second heavy.”
“If you don't want to see the biggest fool in your life; break your bedroom mirror.”
“When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.”

Source : "Foo Fighter Fires Back" by Nate Mendel, www.motherjones.com. March 10, 2000.
“Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way.”

Source : Interview with Rob Hobson, www.cfcnet.co.uk. August 10, 2005.

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