"English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say."

-- Garrison Keillor

#Thinking Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Language Quotes

“I like vodka tonics and gin & tonics. I also like gimlets. I like things that have sweetness with a bit of a kick.”
“Nothing in all Nature is more certain than the fact that no single thing or event can stand alone. It is attached to all that has gone before it, and it will remain attached to all that will follow it. It was born of some cause, and so it must be followed by some effect in an endless chain.”
“I think a brain can be made "more thinking" or made "more emotional." At what point does this become abnormal? Autism in its milder variants, I think, is part of normal human variation.”
“The pain that we cause is the cause of our pain.”
“I like taking genres and subverting them. I did that with In the Valley of Elah. I said, Okay, this is just a murder mystery. Relax. And then, two thirds of the way through, I broke every convention of a murder mystery.”
“New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there was 9/11. I really believe that if I leave, it will suffer! Maybe that's why I love it here, because I feel wanted.”
“You have to keep your eyes and heart open -- there are always new things to discover, new problems to solve.”
“We'll build a bridge of love between two worlds.”

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