"The American Dream is the largely unacknowledged screen in front of which all American writing plays itself out,"

-- Arthur Miller

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“When you're a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother's assistant. And you sort of get a list from her every day and you run down the list and it feels very much like a chore. And a lot of fathers live very much in avoidance, and they sit on the toilet. Or they say, 'Oh honey, it took me 40 minutes to go to the post office.' And they just sort of sit in the driveway and heave a big sigh- 'Oh, I have to go back in.' But then once you take it out on your own, you have to take it all on. And you sort of activate male skills that you didn't know you could apply to fatherhood.”
“I felt very close to God.... My friends say that's because I was always on my knees.”
“Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.”
“Paris must either not fall into the hands of the enemy or the enemy must find it only a wasteland.”
“True love should be transformative; a process that amplifies our capacity to cherish not just one person but all people. It can make us stronger, lift us higher and deepen us as individuals. Only to the extent that we polish ourselves now can we hope to develop wonderful bonds of the heart in the future.”
“Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.”

Source : "I Am Vulnerable Because I’m Disabled, Not Because I’m a Woman" by Erin M. Kelly, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2014.
“What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?”
“I am an actor through and through.”

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