"And if Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that cool props and special effects are not enough. Story comes first. Everything depends on story."

-- Patrick Rothfuss

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“I think that if you look at all of the books that have ever been written about people working in the White House, they're sort of the opposite of my book. And I think that so many people want to write a book that sort of memorializes their place in history. And I wanted to write something for all of the women who are like me. I grew up in upstate New York, I graduated high school with 70 other people and didn't ever know that anything like this would have really been an option for me. So I wanted other young women â€” and men â€” to know that just being you is plenty.”

Source : Source: www.cosmopolitan.com
“The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.”
“I wouldn't say that I'm a consummate live artist. Album work is kind of just like quilt weaving or something. But live music is just like a method of emptying out the mind through volume. Volume as a form that allows you to do different things. And that doesn't really translate to recorded music, like how do you listen to that, on Spotify or in your car? It's not the same kind of effect. I would say that the loudness is a huge part of what I do live.”
“Iran, as we have already discussed, has carried out very, very harmful activities inside Iraq. Funding, trainings, arming and, in some cases, even directing the activities of the special groups associated with the Jaish al-Mahdi and the Sadr Militia.”
“You can be whoever you want to be, you just have to want it bad enough.”
“I'll not hurt thee, says Uncle Toby, rising with the fly in his hand. Go, he says, opening the window to let it escape. Why should I hurt thee? This world is surely wide enough to hold both thee and me.”
“Took you long enough!,' she said, and planted a kiss on his lips.”

Source : Jessica Day George (2011). “Princess of Glass”, p.162, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“When I told you that Iâ€™d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?”

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