"But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with."

-- Jonathan Mayhew

#Government Quotes #Sacred Quotes #Remember Quotes

“You've got to honor your relationship with your audience - that they sit down because they want to be entertained. And that doesn't mean you can't provoke them and antagonize them and challenge them in the course of the entertainment as long as you keep the entertainment part of the equation alive.”
“My job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.”
“If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.”
“I think, writing-wise, I am probably more of a quilter than a weaver because I just get a little scrap here and a little scrap there and sew them together.”
“A witty and informative professor posits that more authors do not choose titles borrowed from Shakespeare's sonnets and plays for the reason some people claim not to have partners: "All the good ones are taken."”
“To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift. Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels; dangerous, for the same reason.”
“But regular biology, as an "ology," has to be "scientific," and this means in practice that it has to be made dull.... Everything has to be expressed in utterly impersonal terms.”
“Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.”

Source : Lisa See (2010). “Shanghai Girls”, p.158, A&C Black

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