"Great restaurants are, of course, nothing but mouth-brothels. There is no point in going to them if one intends to keep one's belt buckled."

-- Frederic Raphael

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“Every adult should be able to make as many effective decisions without fear or favor about as many aspects of her or his life as is compatible with the like freedom of every other adult. That belief is the original and only defensible meaning of liberalism.”

Source : Judith N. Shklar, Bernard Yack (1996). “Liberalism Without Illusions: Essays on Liberal Theory and the Political Vision of Judith N. Shklar”, p.80, University of Chicago Press
“I think I'm in control of what I do and what I've done. I think that's the ultimate feminine power. Do as you want.”
“I was happy, I knew that. While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it do we suddenly realize - sometimes with astonishment - how happy we had been.”
“The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?”
“If we get total certainty, we get â€¦ bored out of our minds. So, God, in Her infinite wisdom, gave us a second human need, which is uncertainty. We need variety. We need surprise.”
“Blood trickled down his chin as he was hauled up onto his knees, the golden rope securing his arms behind him and his ankles together. Arthur looked up and saw the fizzing sparkling crown coming down. Iâ€™m Arthur Penhaligon, he thought desperately... The crown was wedged tightly upon his head- and Arthur fell silently screaming into darkness.”
“Give me the third best technology. The second best won't be ready in time. The best will never be ready.”

Source : "The Lost Art of the Great Speech: How to Write It, How to Deliver It" by Richard Dowis, (p. 150), 2000.

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