"Electing Sudan to the U.N. body mandated to promote and protect human rights worldwide is like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a womenâ€™s shelter."

-- Hillel Neuer

#Rights Quotes #Body Quotes #Shelter Quotes

“Most of the time, when I had hits as a soloist - maybe not so much with Simon & Garfunkel - I was surprised they were hits. I didn't know what the hits were. I never thought that 'Loves Me Like A Rock' was going to be a hit, or 'Mother And Child Reunion,' or '50 Ways To Leave Your Lover.' They didn't sound like what the hits sounded like at the time. Radio was more open to things that weren't exactly what every other hit was.”
“When you're reading, you're laughing and not quite noticing what's happening. One second you're still kind of chuckling, and then all of sudden you're in the third act of the book and in this very dark and claustrophobic place.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.
“If you really want it, you need to really work for it.”
“I may buy the Alamo and give it back to Mexico.”
“The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by the reality and create a vision out of that.”
“I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.”
“Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I shall not attempt it.”

Source : Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1992). “Georgia Scenes”, p.63, Rowman & Littlefield
“Allure goes beyond appearances to the way they grace the world. Some women propel themselves by means of an internal gyroscope. Others glide through life as if on ice skates. Some women convey their tortured lives through their eyes; others encircle you in the music of their laughter.”

Source : Keith Donohue (2011). “The Stolen Child”, p.58, Random House

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