"One can't help but marvel at the variety of ways that women had devised to make us look like flaming idiots."

-- Lisa Kleypas

#Looks Quotes #Way Quotes #Helping Quotes

“I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.”
“Had someone from Serbia flown a Greater Serbia flag in Tirana or Pristina, it would become an issue for the U.N. Security Council.”
“My favorite sci-fi always uses its hook to amplify some bigger theme or idea - some emotional thrust.”
“Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.”
“I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression, and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew. Leaders who told us when things were tough, and that we would have to sacrifice, and these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.”

Source : Ann Richards' Address at the Democratic National Convention in Texas, www.nytimes.com. July 19, 1988.
“It would now be technically possible to unify the world, abolish war and poverty altogether, if men desired their own happiness more than the misery of their enemies.”
“Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting, I would say the actress I most admire is Vanessa Redgrave.”

Source : "Ellen Burstyn - part two". Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2000.
“The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it.”

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