"In reality, I don't think that many of the policies we've attempted to apply to deal with it are going to have any serious effect."

-- William Eldridge Odom

#Thinking Quotes #Reality Quotes #Serious Quotes

“After the survivor of the Spanish conquest has told his life's story he is convicted by the Inquisition: He posted no brief in defense or mitigation of his offenses, and when he was most solemnly advised by the Court President of the dire consequences he faced if found guilty, Juan Damasceno volunteered only one comment: "It will mean I do not go to the Christian heaven?" He was told that that would indeed be the worst of his punishments: that he would most assuredly not go to Heaven. At which, his smile sent a thrill of horror through every soul of the Court.”
“I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about.”
“It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films.”
“Whatever has happened in someone's past, the future is theirs to shape. The first step is to find a way out.”
“For me personally, as I said, I want to serve my country. I've done it once, and I'm still in the army, I feel as though I should get the opportunity to do it again.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Donâ€™t be stupid, be a smarty / Come and join the Nazi Party!”
“...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees as a child - with freshness and an even deeper sense of wonder.”
“With The Vampire Diaries, it's not just a tease, especially with the relationships. You're not sitting there going, 'God, I wish they'd get it over with and kiss!' There's no teasing, they jump right into the action.”

Source : "Seventeen Chats with Candice Accola about The Vampire Diaries". Seventeen Magazine Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 28, 2009.

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