"In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways."

-- Andrew Motion

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“Put the hero back in the super hero movies, because I think 'super' might have taken over.”

Source : "Watch: Max Landis Criticizes Carnage In ‘Man Of Steel,’ Compares Movie To ‘Transformers 3’ & ‘Avengers’" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. June 25, 2013.
“Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.”

Source : "Ryan Lochte's Favorite Pickup Line". Interview with Cassie Shortsleeve, www.menshealth.com. November 5, 2012.
“You get typecast. You have to find a niche in this business. So, the roles that I got cast in were the Latina or the Italian spitfires. The woman with a passion and the woman who didn't want to listen to anyone, did everything her own way, very self-willed.”
“If you look at football over the last 50 years there has been a gradual decrease in goals, you don't see too many 10-nils these days, but two, three or four goals per game is a good spectacle.”

Source : "Owen relies on honest approach to mean streets" by Paul Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2006.
“My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.”

Source : "Carl Hiaasen: 'My humour has always come from anger'". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.
“Silence is no certain token that no secret grief is there;Â Sorrow which is never spoken is the heaviest load to bear.”

Source : Frances Ridley Havergal (1872). “The Ministry of Song”, p.63
“If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?”
“Not belonging is a terrible feeling. It feels awkward and it hurts, as if you were wearing someone else's shoes.”

Source : Phoebe Stone (2012). “The Romeo and Juliet Code”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

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