"It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our national security, regional stability and global security."

-- Nancy Pelosi

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“I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there”
“...you found you were saying yes when you meant no, and â€œWeâ€™ve got to be together in this thingâ€ when you meant the very opposite ... and then you were face to face, in total darkness, with the knowledge that you didnâ€™t know who you were. And how could anyone else be blamed for that?”
“Art does not explain.”
“I like to take a break, but at the same time, I think most actors are not very good at sitting around doing nothing because we like to work.”
“Marriage is a pretty amazing thing when you think about it. For two people to live together for so long under the same roof is a big accomplishment. Fifty-year anniversaries are becoming extinct, yet again proving that long marriages deserve awards and praise. Sometimes I see old people in restaurants sitting together eating their meals and I watch them. Sometimes it makes me sad. They don't even talk. Is it because they have nothing else to say, or can they simply read each other's mind by now?”

Source : Jenny McCarthy (2007). “Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On”, p.89, Penguin
“I thought following a straight road would lead me right to my destination. Like the road would just take me there because I was following all the rules. And if the road curved, I couldn't be sure about where I was going. But look where it got me. Maybe it's time for a detour.”
“You have to understand that I'm a child of the second generation, which means my mother was in Auschwitz, and the aunt of my mother was in Auschwitz with her; my grandmother and grandfather died there. So yes. All of those gestures they work for you, or for them, to fill their time or not feel their anxiety. But the child feels everything. It doesn't make the child secure. You put the child in a jail.”
“I often think about, 'How do we return to a simpler way of living? Is there some way that we can start to think of each other as human beings again, instead of worshiping money, instead of worshiping electronics, instead of worshiping getting ahead just for me?'”

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