"I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit."

-- Dashiell Hammett

#Red Quotes #Ships Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Everyone knows how people who laugh easily create us by their laughter,--making us think of funnier and funnier things.”

Source : Brenda Ueland (1987). “If You Want to Write”
“I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I don't have to hear my own voice.”
“I dont think about race before I start drawing. I think about how to make that mark to fit whatever purpose I need it to fulfill.”
“The purpose of life is a life with a purpose. So Iâ€™d rather die for a cause, than live a life that is worthless.”

Source : Song: The Martyr, Album: The Martyr, 2011
“I relate to those characters - and any character I play - in as much as I put myself in their positions and feel how I would personally deal with their experiences.”
“I exercise daily to keep my figure. I keep patting my hand against the bottom of my chin. It works too. I have the thinnest fingers in town.”
“Israel's democracy is the bedrock on which our relationship stands. It's a shining example for people around the world who are on the frontline of the struggle for democracy in their own lands. Our relationship is also based on our common interest in a more stable and peaceful Middle East, a Middle East that will finally accord Israel the recognition and acceptance that its people have yearned for so long and have been too long denied, a Middle East that will know greater democracy for all its peoples.”
“Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.”

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