"a perfectly managed Christmas correct in every detail is, like basted inside seams and letters answered by return, a sure sign of someone who hasn't enough to do."

-- Katharine Whitehorn

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“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.”

Source : "Fictional character: Admiral Josh Painter". "The Hunt for Red October", www.imdb.com. 1990.
“When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations of her African colonies. Marcus Garvey's avocation of African redemption and the restoration of the African state's sovereign political entity in world affairs was still a dream without fulfillment.”
“Burton sighed, laughed loudly, and said, "Plus Ã§a change, plus c'est la mÃªme chose." Another fairy tale to give men hope . The old religions have been discredited although some refuse to face even that fact so new ones must be invented.”
“It's a weird partnership. For me and Patrick, if you've met him, we're not very much alike. But we bring such different tools to the table. He doesn't think like me. I don't think like him. He thinks like an editor. He thinks like a director. He thinks completely outside of the box when it comes to writing and so because of that he leads me down roads that I would've never gone down. And he sucks at grammar. So together we're perfect.”
“Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents, abilities, or connections. God specializes in using ordinary people whose limitations and weaknesses make them ideal showcases for His greatness and glory.”
“Fear is incomplete knowledge”
“I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.”
“Because I'm technologically able to find a like-minded person on the other side of the globe, I'm also more interested in making friends with my next-door neighbor.”

Source : "As the World Turns" by Jeffrey Klein, www.motherjones.com. March/April 1998.

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