"After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled."

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Sara Gruen

#Hands Quotes #Years Quotes #Together Quotes

“The will and self are ultimately dynamic, they are their actions. This energy can be trained and directed, tuned like an orchestra. It is not a matter of a "rational interior" that poses a problem for a decorator, rather a feng-shui intelligence is called for that orients the "house" to the flow of life that takes place in it (I rather suspect this is turned on its head in most cases of feng-shui, i.e. Americans capitulate once again to "experts").”
“You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.”

Source : "Fictional character: Gordon Deitrich". "V for Vendetta", www.imdb.com. 2005.
“All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.”
“To ward off disease or recover health, people as a rule find it easier to depend on healers than to attempt the more difficult task of living wisely.”
“The older I get, the more relaxed I am.”
“I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.”
“The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step â€“ in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come â€“ is to teach men to shoot!”
“The idealist's program of political or economic reform may be impracticable, absurd, demonstrably ridiculous; but it can never be successfully opposed merely by pointing out that this is the case. A negative opposition cannot be wholly effectual: there must be a competing idealism; something must be offered that is not only less objectionable but more desirable.”

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