"But you can't stop knowing something, can you?"

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Source : Ellen Ullman (2012). “By Blood”, p.104, Pushkin Press

Ellen Ullman

#Knowing Quotes

“Hemorrhoids can bleed, typically after a bowel movement, producing blood-streaked stool or toilet paper, .. The blood may turn water in the toilet bowl red. However, the amount of blood is usually small, and hemorrhoids rarely lead to severe blood loss or anemia.”
“Part of the problem with extreme patriotism is that it makes the support of one's country and its policies unconditional. Moderate patriots, on the other hand, see that taking morality seriously requires that our commitment to our country be conditional in two ways. First, the actions or policies of a government must be worthy of support or, at least, must not be serious violations of morality. When nations behave immorally, patriots need not support them.”
“I know of nothing that is so degenerating and so dangerous as idleness, for the brain will seek out mischief.”
“What is best in mathematics deserves not merely to be learnt as a task, but to assimilated as a part of daily thought, and brought again and again before the mind with ever-renewed encouragement.”
“The will to win... the will to achieve...goes dry and arid without continuous renewal.”
“I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.”
“I remember that I auditioned with the scene where I pull the grandfather out of the coffin. I just loved it so much.”
“When Friday Night Lights finished, I cried for a day. I have a problem.”

Source : "Meet the Sexiest New Woman on TV". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. January 30, 2014.

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