It would seem this is the gift modernity has bestowed upon our generation: the practice of "dating," an awkward procedure where a man and a woman find themselves talking rot to each other in a darkened room. If it were up to me, I would say modernity can keep it, as I want no part.
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things instead of the things themselves,
I wonder if it would ... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE If this is a tribute show to Eddie, then I definitely want to be a part of it, and I know that he wo... EDDIE GUERRERO Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the m... BERNARD ARNAULT If you were to rise early every morning, as an instance of self-denial, as a method of renouncing in... WILLIAM LAW If you were a poor Indian with no weapons, and a bunch of conquistadors came up to you and asked whe... JACK HANDY When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration,... OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES But it was scary because when I met with Cameron, we were both sniffing around each other trying to ... SUSAN SARANDON Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go around looking for it, and I think it can be ... KURT VONNEGUT JR. 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON In each generation, there is this certain wisdom of the ages that gets reburied in the fleeting driv... CRISS JAMI A wife is a gift bestowed upon man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The reason I keep talking about a wife and saying the word 'wife' on stage is because it see... STEPHEN MERCHANT There must have been great yearning and repression in Mohamed Atta's life; it is the torment of Atta... FOUAD AJAMI I am critical of modernity giving science and technology a blank check as if it were the fountain of... HUSTON SMITH How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it. DEYTH BANGER He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY Indeed, the idea that doubt can be heroic, if it is locked into a structure as grand as that of the ... ROBERT HUGHES I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured... CLIFFORD D. SIMAK Well," he said, "I say, now, as I said then, that a man should keep his little brain-attic stocked w... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It was a kind of graphic that would grab you. If you looked at it, and thought 'Is this anything I w... DOUG GREEN If you were to rise early every morning, as an instance of self-denial, as a method of renouncing in... WILLIAM LAW Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT If you want to find something with an equation, you must start thinking like a person who have it. DEYTH BANGER If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
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A man who had been bitten by a Dog went about in quest of someone who might ... AESOP I grew up in a house where there was lots of teasing and language play and laughter; it was very imp... DYLAN MORAN You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of moder... THEODORE BIKEL Cease to think of an impossibility and you will seize an opportunity for productivity. Excellence co... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I never expected the movie to become as big as it has. I thought that we'd be lucky if a handful of ... AARON RUELL As a kid, I was scared of losing my mind. In Terrell, Texas, where I grew up, there was a guy that w... JAMIE FOXX But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The... AUGUSTUS BALDWIN LONGSTREET For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA I approach styling as if I were a woman and what I would want to wear to a certain event. BRAD GORESKI Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad... L.M. MONTGOMERY If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something us... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT If I were in a different body, this would be the time I would lean down and kiss her. If I were in a... DAVID LEVITHAN If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's ... DAVE VAN RONK If I were personally to define religion I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to pr... THEODORE DREISER It is a story of utopian dreams and belief in the future, but also one that involves a critique of m... SVERKER SöRLIN It bothers me to know there is the possibility that I as a Christian would be not only an underdog, ... LEE GREENWOOD I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount ... THOMAS MANN Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think that one of the nice things about the Yellow Submarine movie is that it seems to be perennia... GEORGE MARTIN Australia has a thing where apparently it's fine for me to dress up as an Asian woman. No one ha... CHRIS LILLEY The theological perspective of participation actually saves the appearances by exceeding them. It re... JOHN MILBANK You silly," said Abdul, "those clouds don' mean nothing. I see'd them plenty a'ready. It was jus' co... THEO ENGELA What's the difference between people who see and seek gaps and those that see and seek bridges? The ... RICHIE NORTON I tell you, if I'm going to go through a divorce, I would date again a younger man. Because I ha... IVANA TRUMP
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When they carted me off to the Capitol?" "No,... SUZANNE COLLINS Sorry excuses for hunters and friends. Both of us. SUZANNE COLLINS In theory, sure, Gregor could still go home. Pack up his three-year-old sister, Boots, get his mom o... SUZANNE COLLINS You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real. SUZANNE COLLINS Here's some advice. Stay alive," says Haymitch, and then bursts out laughing. I exchange a look with... SUZANNE COLLINS To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that ga... SUZANNE COLLINS They'll be granted immunity!" I feel myself rising from my chair, my voice full of resonant. "You wi... SUZANNE COLLINS Flight is essential, but I can't let my fear show. SUZANNE COLLINS The question is, what are you going to do?" It turns out the question that's been eating away ... SUZANNE COLLINS As we curve around into the loop of the City Circle, I can see that a couple of other stylists have ... SUZANNE COLLINS In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his i... SUZANNE COLLINS What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How ... SUZANNE COLLINS We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear. SUZANNE COLLINS I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people. Maybe if I had thanked him at some point, ... SUZANNE COLLINS He tilts his forehead down to rest against mine and pulls me closer. His skin, his whole being radia... SUZANNE COLLINS We fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice. SUZANNE COLLINS He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospit... SUZANNE COLLINS Because...because...she came here with me. SUZANNE COLLINS My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger G... SUZANNE COLLINS We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revo... SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say. “I don't know. I... SUZANNE COLLINS You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug. SUZANNE COLLINS Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor. SUZANNE COLLINS Para que haya traición debe haber primero confianza. SUZANNE COLLINS I have to bite my lip not to screen every foul name I know at the fire starter. What are they thinki... SUZANNE COLLINS Certos passos você tem de dar sozinho. SUZANNE COLLINS She crept up on me. SUZANNE COLLINS We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared SUZANNE COLLINS How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving. SUZANNE COLLINS For the last year his grandma had been slipping in and out of reality. One minute she was as clear a... SUZANNE COLLINS I’m about to haul my packs into a tree to make camp when a silver parachute floats down and lands ... SUZANNE COLLINS After all, suicide is contagious. SUZANNE YOUNG It's weird, how much he's noticed me... And apparently, I have not been as oblivious to him as I ima... SUZANNE COLLINS It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss. SUZANNE COLLINS Are you preparing for another war, Plutarch?" I ask. "Oh, not now. Now we're in a sweet period ... SUZANNE COLLINS Not exactly. You see, Portia and I think that the coal miner thing's very overdone. No one will reme... SUZANNE COLLINS At the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them. SUZANNE COLLINS If he wants me broken, then I will have to be whole. SUZANNE COLLINS By late afternoon I lie with my head in Peeta’s lap making a crown of flowers while he fiddles wit... SUZANNE COLLINS As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve. SUZANNE COLLINS You've got to go through it to get to the end of it. SUZANNE COLLINS I'm more than just a piece in their Games. SUZANNE COLLINS In our extreme youth, in our most humiliating sorrow, we think we are alone. When we are older we fi... SUZANNE MOARNY Laws are felt only when the individual comes into conflict with them. SUZANNE LAFOLLETTE Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the ... SUZANNE LAFOLLETTE Why not? It's true. My best hope is to not disgrace myself and..." He hesitates. And what... SUZANNE COLLINS Even bitches can get a break in life. SUZANNE WRIGHT Bushwhacked, I examine my hands. Same hands. Rings still there but no longer valid. SUZANNE FINNAMORE Any way I slice reality it comes out poorly, and I feel an urge to not exist, something I have never... SUZANNE FINNAMORE