"Surely going to bed with a man before marriage was the most courageous act of my life."

-- Diana Trilling

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“The spirit of Christmas needs to superseded by the Spirit of Christ. The spirit of Christmas is annual; the Spirit of Christ is eternal. The spirit of Christmas is sentimental; the Spirit of Christ is supernatural. The spirit of Christmas is a human product; the Spirit of Christmas is a divine person. That makes all the difference in the world.”
“That's about the 1000th and tenth time (I've been asked about my neck). It's OK. I'm been doing a little stuff. I got some stuff from UT, weights to build you back up.”
“Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.”
“If it's a terrible script, it's a terrible bore.”
“By no means do I want to be a piece of meat for the rest of my career. It's funny when you get asked to do a talk show, and then they follow it up with requesting you take your shirt off.”
“I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.”
“A liar did ought to have a good memory.”
“I'm vegan on home base, but when I travel to other countries, I throw it all into the garbage.”

Source : "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Lake Bell", www.esquire.com. November 14, 2011.

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