"There are these two kinds of patriotism. There's blind patriotism, unflagging patriotism. And then there's the patriotism that says I live in a democracy and it's very important for the health and the life of this democracy that it get better all the time, not get worse."

-- Norman Mailer

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“I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.”

Source : "My Miami: Gabrielle Anwar Talks ‘Burn Notice,’ Champagne, Breasts And Sunburn" By Amanda McCorquodale, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2013.
“Recalling some of the most spectacular horrors of history - the burning of heretics and witches at the stake, the wholesale massacre of heathens, and other no less repulsive manifestations of Christian civilization in Europe and elsewhere - modern man is filled with pride in the progress accomplished, in one line at least, since the end of the dark ages of religious fanaticism.”
“In our profession someone can be very brilliant and acquire total technical mastery. Yet in the last resort, the only thing that really counts is his quality as a human being. For music is created by Man for Man. And if someone sees nothing more than notes in it, this can perhaps be very interesting, but it cannot enrich him. And music should exist for one purpose only; to enrich Man and give him something he has lost in most respects.”
“As a doctor, an educator, an innovator and someone who has dedicated his professional career to making things work better and to helping people â€“ I am ready to lead,”

Source : "Berwick announces run for governor" by Joanne Kenen, www.politico.com. June 17, 2013.
“I love listening to Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Eminem to get me fired up!”
“The side of fairytales I don't like is that they always have happy endings, that there's just good and evil, and things are perfect. But life is a little more complicated, and that's what I try to teach my kids.”
“Most of the men regarded Europe as a wine list. In their mental geography Rheims, Rhine, Moselle, Bordeaux, Champagne, or WÃ¼rzburg were not localities but libations.”
“This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water.”

Source : Charles Olson (1966). “Selected Writings of Charles Olson”, p.231, New Directions Publishing

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