"Romantic souvenirs had a way of attaching themselves to one when one wanted to move on, but they were not to be taken seriously."
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"Keep moving forward, even one or two steps, in your own way. Those who live out their lives to the fullest, unperturbed by the noisy clamor around them, are the true winners."
"The unvarnished truth is that almost all the people you meet feel themselves superior to you in some way, and a sure way to their hearts is to let them realize in some subtle way that you recognize their importance, and recognize it sincerely."
"The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election."
"It's always difficult to tell someone when they're still in love with someone that I think they're going in the wrong way."
"I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity."
"Boredom is not in the world, but in the way we see the world."
"Possibly. Basically,everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality."
"Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class."
"In some ways, comedy and something like a musical do go hand-in-hand."
"Drinking is a way of ending the day."
"Make a decision and then make it right. There just are no wrong decisions. You could go this way, or that way, and either way will eventually get you to where you want to be. But in the moment you start complimenting yourself on the decision you've made, in that moment, you come back into vibrational alignment with who-you-really-are."
"My last page is always latent in my first; but the intervening windings of the way become clear only as I write."
"It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you."
"Given the way universities work to reinforce and perpetuate the status quo, the way knowledge is offered as commodity, Women's Studies can easily become the place where revolutionary feminist thought and feminist activism are submerged or made secondary to the goals of academic careerism"
"Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas."
"I love the way you love, but I hate the way I'm supposed to love you back."
"It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct."
"It used to worry me what people said about me. I'm learning not to worry as much. Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don 't take objection to it, because that's the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind."
"The best way to quiet a country is a good thrashing, followed by great kindness afterwards. Even the wildest chaps are thus tamed."