"I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway"

-- Anne McCaffrey

“You've got to earn respect as life goes on.”
“He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.”
“I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these words: "Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," lie those very moral principles that will enable us to survive even the most critical situations.”

Source : "Against the Grain : An Autobiography" by Boris Yeltsin, (p. 251), 1990.
“They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.”
“The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.”
“Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that are 'story cities'- New York, of course, New Orleans, and, best of the lot, San Francisco.”

Source : Frank Norris, Joseph R. McElrath, Douglas K. Burgess (1996). “The Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris, 1896-1898”, American Philosophical Society
“To you who are worthy and able to attend the temple, I would admonish you to go often. The temple is a place where we can find peace. There we receive a renewed dedication to the gospel and a strengthened resolve to keep the commandments.”
“Placemaking is community organizing. It's a campaign.”

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