"You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are."

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Source : Sandra Cisneros, Harold Bloom (2010). “The House on Mango Street (Bloom's Guides)”, p.52, Infobase Publishing

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“I think it matters almost infinitely that we practice one of the authentic religions. But if you mean does it make any difference which. The answer is no, as long as each is followed with equal intensity, sincerity, dedication.”
“When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.”

Source : John O'Hara (2013). “Appointment in Samarra: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.79, Penguin
“It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.”
“I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“For me, looking at small images somehow recreates the experience of looking through a viewfinder.... At this size they're edible. You don't just scan them. You take them in all at once.”

Source : Judy Fiskin, Christopher Knight (1988). “Judy Fiskin”, A R T Pr
“Elizabeth Taylor taught me that if you do your hair and makeup first then take a hot bath right before you leave, it brings out your inner glow and takes away the powdery look from makeup. I do that right before every date.”
“America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.”
“In New York alone, there was an average of more than 300 campus fires per year between 1997 and 2000, with roughly 160 of them annually in dormitories.”

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