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“My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.”
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“When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.”
Source : Natalie Clifford Barney, Anna Livia (1992). “A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.110, New Victoria Publishers
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“During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions”
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“You talking to me? You talking to me? Then who the hell else are you talking to - you talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here.”
Source : "Fictional character: Travis Bickle". "Taxi Driver", www.imdb.com. 1976.
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“I'd like somebody to breed a male, genus homo, who could go and fetch a 12" x 8" black suède purse lying in the middle of a white bedspread and not come back looking baffled and saying he couldn't find it.”
Source : Margaret Halsey (1944). “...Some of My Best Friends are Soldiers: A Kind of Novel”
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“We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy's name on my underwear. Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra...”
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“Even the disappointing diffusion of a sheer curtain can suggest the most colorful bouquet of unspeakable secrets.”
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“The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.”