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Stephen Sondheim quote: "I read to see myself in other people's lives."

I read to see myself in other people's lives.

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I had the same sensation as when we watch someone sleep. When asleep we all become children again. Perhaps because in the state of slumber we can do no wrong and are unconscious of life, the greatest criminal and most self- absorbed egotist are holy, by a natural magic, as long as they're sleeping. For me there's no discernible difference between killing a child and killing a sleeping man. Fernando Pessoa
Lee Westwood quote: "I never take myself too seriously."
I never take myself too seriously. Lee Westwood
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines."
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Andrew Sullivan quote: "Homosexuality is like the weather. It just is."
Homosexuality is like the weather. It just is. Andrew Sullivan
The summer has seized you, as when, last month in Amalfi, I saw lemons as large as your desk-side globe- that miniature map of the world- and I could mention, too, the market stalls of mushrooms and garlic bugs all engorged. Or I even think of the orchard next door, where the berries are done and the apples are beginning to swell. And once, with our first backyard, I remember I planted an acre of yellow beans we couldn’t eat. Anne Sexton
James Montgomery quote: "Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past."
Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past. James Montgomery
Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium. Camille Paglia
Stephen Sondheim quote: "The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write."
The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write. Stephen Sondheim
I'm gonna try to learn. Gonna learn why folks walk in the grass, gonna hear 'em talk, gonna hear 'em sing. Gonna listen to kids eatin' mush. Gonna hear husban' an' wife a-poundin' the mattress in the night. Gonna eat with 'em an' learn. Gonna lay in the grass, open an' honest with anybody that'll have me. Gonna cuss an' swear an' hear the poetry of folks talkin'. All that's holy, all that's what I didn't understan'. All them things is good things. John Steinbeck
Dorothy Day quote: "When it comes down to it, even on the natural plane, it is..."
When it comes down to it, even on the natural plane, it is much happier and more enlivening to love than to be loved. Dorothy Day
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People know me, and want to know me, as a baller more than anything else. Jermaine Dupri
John Steinbeck quote: "All we got is the family unbroke."
All we got is the family unbroke. John Steinbeck
Tennessee Williams quote: "A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which..."
A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace. Tennessee Williams
We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training the Iraqi security forces. Pat Roberts
Miyamoto Musashi quote: "Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast."
Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast. Miyamoto Musashi