"They threw me off the haytruck about noon."

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Source : The Postman Always Rings Twice ch. 1 (1934)

James M. Cain

“Diets are based on the unspoken fear that you are a madwoman, a food terrorist, a lunaticâ€¦The promise of a diet is not only that you will have a different body; it is that in having a different body, you will have a different life. If you hate yourself enough, you will love yourself. If you torture yourself enough, you will become a peaceful, relaxed human being.”

Source : Geneen Roth (2011). “Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything”, p.73, Simon and Schuster
“I'm in this position where I can afford to wait, I'm lucky enough to be financially secure to not have to do anything that's thrown at me. You know the next couple of jobs are going to be pretty crucial in terms of how you're perceived by people. So I'm just waiting.”
“Honestly, happy. This happened for a reason. By having to answer that question in front of a national audience, God was testing my character and faith. I'm glad I stayed true to myself.”

Source : "Exclusive: Carrie Prejean Says 'God Was Testing My Faith' With Gay Marriage Question". "FOX News" with Courtney Friel, www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2009.
“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, â€œPeace! Peace!â€ â€” but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”

Source : Speech in Virginia Convention, Richmond, Va., 23 Mar. 1775.
“I hate the very human inclination towards insensitivity”
“There have been some medical schools in which somewhere along the assembly line, a faculty member has informed the students, not so much by what he said but by what he did, that there is an intimate relation between curing and caring.”
“The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.”
“Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope.”

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