"But how do you ever know that you know a person?"

-- Anita Shreve

#Persons Quotes

“If you can answer the question of why youâ€™re doing it, itâ€™s the right thing to do.”
“I see interracial couples all the time in Nashville. I'm a Jew in Nashville. I'm a gay person in Nashville. It's a non-issue in most of the time. That's a huge leap forward.”

Source : "Janis Ian's Controversial 'Society's Child'". Interview with Tony Cox, www.npr.org. March 2, 2009.
“I try to date, but I take it so seriously. I am bad at having a casual relationship, so I kind of don't.”
“In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.”

Source : John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.24, Anza Publishing
“Its a game, and thatâ€™s how I am going to treat it.”
“To be physically fit is just a small aspect. You can be a beautiful physical specimen, but you're empty as far as what it takes to be a person, and that shows up real fast”
“The only big ideas I've ever had came from daydreaming, but modern life keeps people from daydreaming. Every moment of the day your mind is being occupied, controlled by someone else - at school, at work, watching television. Getting away from all that is really important. You need to just kick back in a chair and let your mind daydream.”
“I cant stand those food cult people who bring their own food into the house. All those little thermoses and paper bags-it makes the other guests uncomfortable.”

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