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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh. — Natalie Wood

External explanations of black-white differences - discrimination or poverty, for example - seem to many to be more amenable to public policy than internal explanations such as culture. Those with this point of view tend to resist cultural explanations but there is yet another reason why some resist understanding the counterproductive effects of an anachronistic culture: Alternative explanations of economic and social lags provide a more satisfying ability to blame all such lags on the sins of others, such as racism or discrimination. Equally important, such external explanations require no painful internal changes in the black population but leave all changes to whites, who are seen as needing to be harangued, threatened, or otherwise forced to change.
In short, prevailing explanations provide an alibi for those who lag - and an alibi is for many an enormously valuable asset that they are unlikely to give up easily. — Thomas Sowell

Janie calls Cabel.
"Hi, uh, Mom," she says.
Cabel snorts. "Hello, dear. Did you make it through the blizzard?"
"Yeah. Barely." Janie grins into the phone. — Lisa McMann

But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid. — Fred Thompson

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times. — Voltaire

L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff. — Mike Mills

Jesus felt pure and calmly thought
Only the One God;
Who made himself to be a god
Offends his holy will.
And thus the right(ness) has to shine
What Mahomet also achieved;
Only by the term of the One
He mastered the whole world — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Leaders lead themselves first and foremost. Only then can they act as example and inspiration to others. — Christopher Babson

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils. — Aristotle.

It wounded me enough to ground me, but not so much as to knock all the life out of me. — Robert A. Johnson