"[On the United States:] We are a wildly energetic people in our pursuit of pleasure, let alone in our pursuit of money, and we are very odd to look at as we go about our lives."

-- Martha Gellhorn

#People Quotes #United States Quotes #Looks Quotes

“In a pinch, I could always get work in pictures as a makeup artist.”

Source : Lana Wood (2011). “Natalie: A Memoir About Natalie Wood by Her Sister”, p.3, Graymalkin Media
“I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.”
“The Left is acting like a young child, saying 'I want peace'... A child says 'I want candy right away,' an adult takes all of the factors into account and understands who he's dealing with.”

Source : "Barak Fights Labor MKs over Goldstone", by Maayana Miskin, www.israelnationalnews.com. October 26, 2009.
“Disgust relies on moral obtuseness. It is possible to view another human being as a slimy slug or a piece of revolting trash only if one has never made a serious good-faith attempt to see the world through that personâ€™s eyes or to experience that personâ€™s feelings. Disgust imputes to the other a subhuman nature. How, by contrast, do we ever become able to see one another as human? Only through the exercise of imagination.”

Source : Martha C. Nussbaum (2010). “From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law”, p.16, Oxford University Press
“Put yourself out of your misery.”
“I can't even describe to anybody what it feels like to have my naked body shot across the world like a news flash against my will. It just makes me feel like a piece of meat that's being passed around for profit.”
“But what is the heart, madame? It's worth less than people think. it's quite accommodating, it accepts anything. You give it whatever you have, it's not very particular. But the body... Ha! That's something else again! It has a cultivated taste, as they say, it knows what it wants. A heart doesn't choose, and one always ends up by loving.”
“Be sure you are right, then go ahead.”

Source : Davy Crockett (1987). “A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee”, p.19, U of Nebraska Press

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