"Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in completely personal terms."

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Source : Raymond Williams (2001). “The Long Revolution”, p.305, Broadview Press

Raymond Williams

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“It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless of the certainty of detections and punishment.”
“I didn't want to kill anybody, but there comes a point when the only way you can make a statement is to pick up a gun.”
“I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade.”
“I feel comfortable here primarily because I think Los Angeles is made up of people who don't come from here, so you can find kindred spirits very easily. It's a town of gypsies.”

Source : "Matthew Rhys on Brothers and Sisters". Interview with Neil Midgley, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 21, 2010.
“There are lots of kinds of feminism, but ultimately it's about letting people be human beings”
“The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.”
“I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed.”
“Moment to moment, I'm very much just feeling and trying to synthesize what I'm taking in so it can come out musically. I'll continue to do that. I'm also someone who really likes to push themselves into new situations with new people and try to learn from them. I will be very happy to continue doing that, if people let me.”

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