"The truth is that literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure medium we sometimes assume it to be. Response to it is affected by things other than its own intrinsic quality; by a curiosity or lack of it about the people it deals with, their outlook, their way of life."

-- Vance Palmer

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Curiosity Quotes

“I have to be pretty close to what I am.”

Source : Source: www.indiawest.com
“We don't fall in love, we fall in lust. We ascend to love.”
“Pan Am can go to hell.”
“The "biggest" poems I ever made are based on the psychological principal of the "Johari Window:" what the self freely shares with others; what the self hides from others; what others hide from the self; and what is unknown to the self and others.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Broadcasters have a responsibility to serve the public interest and protect Americans from objectionable content, particularly during the hours when children are likely to be watching.”
“Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family.”

Source : Attributed in "On Being Blonde: Wit And Wisdom From The World's Most Infamous Blondes" by Paula Munier, (p. 78), 2004.
“I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while to protest, but it's more about an ongoing, sustained engagement in issues, networks and communities about which people care.”

Source : "Is the Internet the future of community?". The CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. March 11, 2008.
“We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they be.”

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