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“It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.”
― The Charioteer
― The Charioteer
“I breathe in sharply, and then I breathe out slowly. Life is just a series of breaths in and out. All I really have to do in this world is breathe in and then breathe out, in succession, until I die. I can do that. I can breathe in and out.”
― Maybe in Another Life
― Maybe in Another Life
“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“Privilege is not in and of itself bad; what matters is what we do with privilege. I want to live in a world where all women have access to education, and all women can earn PhD’s, if they so desire. Privilege does not have to be negative, but we have to share our resources and take direction about how to use our privilege in ways that empower those who lack it.”
― Home Grown: engaged cultural criticism
― Home Grown: engaged cultural criticism
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For anyone interested in black and white movies, actors from the dawn of film through the 1960s, or the culture of the era, this is the book club for ...more
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