"Someone once remarked that in adolescence ***** is a substitute for sex, whereas in adulthood sex is a substitute for pornography."

-- Edmund White

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“Waves are fascinating, the way they are created by wind far out at sea and groomed by different winds as they come closer to shore. We surfers ride the very last part of the wave's life before it crashes and disappears, never to be seen again.”
“Iâ€™ll write down little lines, I always say, 'K.T.N.,' and I say that to my receivers and running backs and that means 'keep taking notes.' That keeps me alert. That keeps me going. That keeps my drive there, even when youâ€™re taking notes on something that youâ€™ve already taken notes on a million times - keep taking notes.”
“A thousand laughing suns are in your eyes. A thousand crying stars in mine.”
“The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy youâ€™re going to be.”
“The scoreline didn't really reflect the outcome”
“Hillary Clinton should be applauded for her willingness to serve publicly.”
“The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.”
“There's a natural tendency for children to, in some sense, inherit the cultural values of their parents. I'm not against that, that's fine, that's wonderful. What I am against is labelling. Nobody ever labels a child a cricketer because his father is a cricketer, but they do label a child a Catholic because his parents are Catholic. I think it's more or less unique. Nobody ever labels a child a socialist or a conservative or a liberal because that's what their parents are.”

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