"To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to your fellow man."

-- John Updike

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“The manly pride of the Romans, content with substantial power, had left to the vanity of the East the forms and ceremonies of ostentatious greatness. But when they lost even the semblance of those virtues which were derived from their ancient freedom, the simplicity of Roman manners was insensibly corrupted by the stately affectation of the courts of Asia.”
“I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.”

Source : "Is the word 'girl' offensive?" by Naomi McAuliffe, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2014.
“What I like best is a good story with a moral.”
“I'm Reconstructionist; I don't serve the Sabbath, but I go to synagogue.”

Source : "Jessica Hecht’s Party Lines". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 08, 2013.
“It is precisely because education is the road to equality and citizenship, that it has been made more elusive for Negroes than many other rights. The walling off of Negroes from equal education is part of the historical design to submerge him in second class status. Therefore, as Negroes have struggled to be free they have had to fight for the opportunity for a decent education.”
“One of the most special things about the city of New Orleans is how diverse a people we really are. There's been a new generation of individuals that have all grown up together, so I don't really see myself as a White mayor. I've never seen New Orleans as a Black city.”

Source : "New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 26, 2010.
“I'm kind of a homebody. I like to sit at home and watch movies and eat good food.”
“It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.”

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