"Literature is always best when it is celebrating its subjects darkly. ... And because it is often by describing the thing lost - a family, a moment of happiness, a child, a father - that we understand the full weight of what we had."

-- Bill Buford

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“French women have been made beautiful by the French people - they're very aware of their bodies, the way they move and speak, they're very confident of their sexuality. French society's made them like that”
“We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.”

Source : Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, William Rodney Allen (2006). “The Coen Brothers: Interviews”, p.129, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“The relative ease of most driving lures us into thinking we can get away with doing other things. Indeed, those other things, like listening to the radio, can help when driving itself is threatening to cause fatigue. But we buy into the myth of multitasking with little actual knowledge of how much we can really add in or, as with the television news, how much we are missing. As the inner life of the driver begins to come into focus, it is becoming clear not only that distraction is the single biggest problem on the road but that we have little concept of just how distracted we are.”
“War has been the necessary and inevitable consequence of the establishment of a monopoly on security.”

Source : Gustave Molinari (1977). “Production of Security, The”, p.35, Ludwig von Mises Institute
“This is why I forgive, but I don't forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn't mean anything anymore.”
“While tax refunds amount to substantial income for many Americans, current IRS rules do not allow taxpayers to directly deposit their refund into more than one account.”
“I lived in a tiny Midwest town, so I was always looking for adventure.”
“The stronger a woman gets, the more insecure the men in her life feel. It doesnâ€™t work that way for a woman. We celebrate strength--in our partners as well as in ourselves.”

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