"The future is here, now, and the past is full of actual deeds, real history. Utopias hardly have the meat on their bones to sustain a people in grave times."

-- Patricia Hampl

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“My parents are deeply pious Hindus.”
“A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling”
“I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There's no space for me to express myself.”

Source : "The Oscars? Oh no, not again". www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2000.
“We shall not enter into any of the abstruse definitions of war used by publicists. We shall keep to the element of the thing itself, to a duel. War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale.”
“My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.”
“When you quit drinking you stop waiting.”
“Together on the path of love, we can try to make a small difference in someone's life. What else is there to do?”

Source : Chan Khong, Sister (2008). “Learning True Love: Practicing Buddhism in a Time of War: Easyread Edition”, p.431, ReadHowYouWant.com
“If there is anyone to whom I owe money, I'm prepared to forget it if they are.”

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