"We have devoted ourselves to the government and extension of the Church, and, among other objects, we have conceived it to be our duty to foster especially literature and the fine arts ... next to knowledge and true worship of the Creator, nothing is better or more useful to mankind than such studies."

-- Pope Leo X

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“Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.”
“A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Douglas from Apr 11, 2013
“You can make anything by writing.”
“If your sleight of hand causes you to break eye contact with your audience, it is too advanced for your skill level.”
“It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents.”
“My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.”
“You can tell when you have crossed the frontier into Germany because of the badness of the coffee.”
“The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being.”

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