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What a quality of innocence people have when they don't expect to be harmed.


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Being in love means being at the mercy of someone's childhood.

Being in love means being at the mercy of someone's childhood.



If you want something badly enough, you make arrangements. If you don't want it badly enough, you make excuses.

If you want something badly enough, you make arrangements. If you don't want it badly enough, you make excuses.



And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language.

And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language.



You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.

You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.



England has become a squalid, uncomfortable, ugly place ... an intolerant, racist, homophobic, narrow-minded, authoritarian, rat-hole run by vicious, suburban-minded, materialistic philistines.

England has become a squalid, uncomfortable, ugly place ... an intolerant, racist, homophobic, narrow-minded, authoritarian, rat-hole run by vicious, suburban-minded, materialistic philistines.



Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love, unfortunately.

Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love, unfortunately.



I don't want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul.

I don't want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul.



Our lives can only be lived forward and understood backwards. Living a life and understanding it occupy different dimensions.

Our lives can only be lived forward and understood backwards. Living a life and understanding it occupy different dimensions.



The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising.

The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising.



How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs.

How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs.





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Arjun: ...the men are talking because you're beautiful.Sita: ...I would much rather they talk about me because I'm skilled.

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Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.



Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas.

Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas.



I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books.

I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books.



I'm not a big city guy...there's too many people, there's too much traffic.

I'm not a big city guy...there's too many people, there's too much traffic.



You think that if you are the best actor, you deserve the most or if you are the biggest star, you deserve the most. That race just isn't important to me.

You think that if you are the best actor, you deserve the most or if you are the biggest star, you deserve the most. That race just isn't important to me.



When Hillary Clinton was a U.S. senator, she voted for some trade deals when they met her standards, but she voted against others when they didn't.

When Hillary Clinton was a U.S. senator, she voted for some trade deals when they met her standards, but she voted against others when they didn't.




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