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Germans, Frenchmen and Englishmen can say of themselves: "I am the state." I cannot say that. In Russia only the people in the Kremlin can say that. All other citizens are nothing more than human material with which they can do all kinds of things. — Vladimir Sorokin

Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the Republican Party launched an all-out assault on women's health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, we had to ask: Why is the GOP trying to send women back ... to the back alley? — Lisa Edelstein

Children are the true connoisseurs. What's precious to them has no price, only value. — Bel Kaufman

She said, hoping to soothe him with a little reason, which proved that she knew nothing about love. — Louisa May Alcott

I started dancing in my room ... I wanted to find out more about my movements. I wanted to elaborate on whatever it was that I was doing there. — Kyle Abraham

Barring extreme physical and mental disabilities, each and every one of us is where we are today
be it poor or wealthy, happy or sad, on the streets or in a condo, in a Mercedes or a rusted-out Pinto
because of the choices we have made during our lives. It's the choices we have made that put us where we are, not the choices others have made for us. — Neal Boortz

Why would any sensible human being put meat filled with ammonia in the mouths of their children? — Jamie Oliver

I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you. — Radha Mitchell

I grew up in the suburbs, a calm suburb, without tension, with working-class and middle-class people mixed together. — JR

He walked on in silence, the solitary sound of his footsteps echoing in his head, as in a deserted street, at dawn. His solitude was so complete, beneath a lovely sky as mellow and serene as a good conscience, amid that busy throng, that he was amazed at his own existence; he must be somebody else's nightmare, and whoever it was would certainly awaken soon. — Jean-Paul Sartre

I wept heartily over this poor little deceased soul. It was the first sentient being I had ever killed. I was now a killer. I was now as guilty as Cain. I was sixteen years old, a harmless boy, bookish and religious, and now I had blood on my hands. It's a terrible burden to carry. All sentient life is sacred. — Yann Martel

Love gives far more than it ever takes. And love makes us want to give. — Nalini Singh

When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned. — Grace Slick

I look at every piece of furniture and every object as an individual sculpture. — Kelly Wearstler

I love the idea of a record containing an entire universe; where the sounds span decades of recording from all over the world and all sorts of different sources. — Jeff Mangum