"My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War."

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Jack Scalia

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“I have a really, really hard time sitting down and watching a TV show, except I'm apparently willing to watch the same episode of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' like, seven times.”
“I testify to you that our promised blessings are beyond measure. Though the storm clouds may gather, though the rains may pour down upon us, our knowledge of the gospel and our love of our Heavenly Father and Savior will comfort and sustain us and bring joy to our hearts as we walk uprightly and keep the commandments. There will be nothing in this world that can defeat us.”
“You are not your past, not your habits, not your compulsions. When you get to know who you are, anything becomes possible.”
“That's what's wrong with the people in this world; they believe they can do well by just getting by when they need to aim for the highest.”
“I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.”
“The machine enslaves, the hand sets free.”

Source : Joseph Jean Lanza del Vasto (1974). “Make straight the way of the Lord: an anthology of the philosophical writings of Lanza del Vasto”, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Anna despises two classes of people: first, those who own their own homes and have cars and families, and second, everybody else. Constantly she is on the verge of exploding. With rage. A pool of pure red. The pool is filled with speechlessness that talks away at her nonstop.”

Source : Elfriede Jelinek, Michael Hulse (1990). “Wonderful, Wonderful Times”, p.18, Profile Books
“I wouldn't even dare read the Torah, let alone attempt a witty observation on the Torah.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 20, 2009.

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