"We are all full of discourses that we only half understand and half mean."

-- Rae Armantrout

#Mean Quotes #Half Quotes #Discourse Quotes

“Apart from a commendable determination to discomfit Trump and members of his inner circle (select military figures excepted, at least for now), journalism remains pretty much what it was prior to November 8th of last year: personalities built up only to be torn down; fads and novelties discovered, celebrated, then mocked; "extraordinary" stories of ordinary people granted 15 seconds of fame only to once again be consigned to oblivion - all served with a side dish of that day's quota of suffering, devastation, and carnage. These remain journalism's stock-in-trade.”

Source : "Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, What Obsessing About You-Know-Who Causes Us To Miss". www.tomdispatch.com. May 7, 2017.
“Eating a lot is an occupational hazard but it's a pretty great problem to have. I spend a lot of time eating sweets on TV - cake, cupcakes, donuts, and pudding. It's a dream job, but at the same time there will be days where I wake up knowing I will eat 15 desserts!”

Source : "Gail Simmons Dishes on Top Chef and More". Interview with Emily Hebert, www.elle.com. April 29, 2011.
“I have a lot of trouble understanding all the detail of finance and administration - but if you combine intellectual and professional capacity with a social conscience, you can change things: countries, structures, economic models, colonial states.”
“Women are age-shamed. Women should they be put out to pasture. And it's not about people trying to look like me at 60. I'm not suggesting that, but look your best, feel your best, but most of all, be your best. And it's not only for women of 60. It's about women of all age, when you're 20 till you die. Whatever era you're in, whatever decade, whatever age you are, learn how to embrace it. Don't be ashamed of it. Be proud of it, because there's no negotiation. Either you get older, or you're dead. It's that simple.”

Source : Source: thecelebritycafe.com
“I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Source : TV Guide, March 31, 1984.
“The man who acts the least, upbraids the most.”

Source : Homer (1848). “The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Alexander Pope”, p.37
“As we study the Word of God rightly divided we are to understand that God has arranged His dealings with mankind into two programs. We have His prophesied purpose and His secret purpose. Prophecy has to do with the earth and Christ's reign upon it during the millennial kingdom, while the Mystery concerns our exaltation with Christ in the heavenlies.”
“I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.”

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