"You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside."

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Julius Erving

“If you love movies, then you love America.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Love grows from the rich foam of forgiveness, mongrels make good dogs, and the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.”
“It's not the principles that kill you in the end. It's the books.”
“When a man marries a woman, they become one-the trouble starts when they try to decide which one.”
“The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.”

Source : Dumas Malone (1951). “Jefferson and His Time: Jefferson and the rights of man”
“This is what we see when we look up at Rainier, the beauty, the horror, the awe the unbelievability of size that confirms our own consequence on this earth. We look at the mountain, like god and can imagine nothing larger. Its incompressible life-span reminds us of the fleeting mortality of our own bones. It looms over our lives on clear days and and stay present but hidden through the clouds of winter. Like god it remains everywhere forever.”
“A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.”
“You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!”

Source : Carrie Fisher (2012). “Wishful Drinking”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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