"My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust."

-- Jane Birkin

#Mother Quotes #Reading Quotes #Underwear Quotes

“You don't just turn off your feelings for someone, and that's a very hard, sad truth for people. When you're drawn to someone, even if they're not good for you, you feel connected. In a lot of ways.”

Source : "'Carrie Diaries' Boss Answers Finale's Biggest Questions and Talks Season 2". Interview with Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 08, 2013.
“An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.”
“Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.”
“I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.”

Source : "Matt Damon: I Want to 'Raise My Four Girls to Be Strong Women' " by Jeanne Wolf, parade.com. October 21, 2010.
“Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what people do, you think of yourself doing it. And they don't like that. That's the famous joke: I don't like peas, and I'm glad I don't like them, because if I liked them I would eat them and I hate them.”

Source : "The Celluloid Closet". Documentary, History, www.imdb.com. 1995.
“Idleness is the parent of psychology.”
“I can't stop working. The health of the nation depends on it.”
“Trials show us where we are and where we need to grow. Dont run from them, grow from them.”

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