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“Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.”
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“If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.”
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“Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat.”
Source : "The Latest Decalogue" l. 15 (1862)
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“My mind leaps to my theory about presidents - that there are two kinds, ones who have a lot of sex and the others who start wars. In short - and don't quote me, because this is an incomplete expression of a more complex premise - I believe blow jobs prevent war.”
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“But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.”
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“When a clandestine couple kisses, it is much more likely that sex will immediately follow. This is because there is much more risk. Once you have kissed secretly, it is very difficult not to have sex. It would be impolite not to have sex. You have to show that you are serious about each other.”
Source : Adam Thirlwell (2004). “Politics”, Random House
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“Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.”
Source : A. R. Ammons (1998). “Glare”, p.10, W. W. Norton & Company
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“There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.”
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“City lights shine bright on my complexion, Self-reflection...red hairs flashing at the intersection. Life is a green light, one star, no script, Supporting actors...fresh peaches, no pit.”
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“The light, the sky, the water, they were all things you looked *through* during the day. At night, they were things you looked *into*. You looked *into* the stars, you looked *into* dark rollers and the surprising platinum flash of their caps.”
Source : Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.41, Random House
