"In good films, there is always a directness that entirely frees us from the itch to interpret."

-- Susan Sontag

“To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you go to war with the United States, you will never conquer her, as she has the money and the men. If she does not whip you by guns, powder, and steel, she will starve you to death. It will take the flower of the country - the young men.”
“For me, a dancer is part of an artist's entertainment - 'backup dancer' isn't even in my vocabulary.”

Source : "Laurieann Gibson: ‘Backup dancer’ isn’t even in my vocabulary". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. May 27, 2011.
“Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901 Be not afraid to pray... to pray is right. Pray if thou canst with hope; but ever pray Though hope be weak, or sick with long delay. Whatever is good to wish, ask that of heaven; But if for any wish thou darest not pray, Then pray to God to cast that wish away.”
“I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.”

Source : Pete Rose, Rick Hill (2004). “My Prison Without Bars”, p.69, Rodale
“Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the only normal writer left on earth -- and it is this that adds to his isolation and so too his so sense of guilt.”

Source : "Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place: Stories".
“A thrilled customer is the most potent marketing asset your organization can leverage.”

Source : "Keeping Customers Is the New Lead Generation" by John Jantsch, www.businessinsider.com. December 5, 2011.
“It is a happy woman when the spirit time is come, that finds herself in the presence of a good man.”
“I dont have a trainer. I have what I call the poor mans workout and the rich mans diet. I run for 1 hour every day and do 500 sit-ups and 1000 crunches, and I lift weights at the Y for 28 bucks a month, even if its 3 in the morning.”

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