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Profound Quotes

Alex Oviatt

Practically Family
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515
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Pasadena, CA
I love the line in the deeply funny 1984 film American Dreamer where a drunk Jo Beth Williams says:

"Wasn't it Nietzsche who said 'Was mich nicht umbringt macht mich stärke? Deep, huh?"

Deep, indeed. Great film with J-B W., Tom Conti and Giancarlo Giannini--heaps of style. Bset in Paris, it reminds me of that other very stylish film, "Diva." But I am dating myself....
 

Yeps

Call Me a Cab
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2,456
Location
Philly
Along with essays, poetry and music, there are a heck of a lot of good quotes over here.

"Mankind has had ten-thousand years of experience at fighting and if we must fight, we have no excuse for not fighting well."

T.E. Lawrence

"Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them."
-- Richard Strauss
 

Edward

Bartender
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24,822
Location
London, UK
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
― Bob Marley
 

Flicka

One Too Many
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1,165
Location
Sweden
"An integral part of any relationship is knowing that you could be killed in your sleep at any time."
- Trent Reznor

Yeah, you can't beat Trent for pessimism! :)
 

Marc Chevalier

Gone Home
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18,192
Location
Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California
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“Many of the things we 'need' can wait. A child cannot. Now is the time that her bones are being formed, her blood is being made, her senses are being developed. To her we cannot answer, 'Tomorrow'. Her name is 'Today.'”

-- Gabriela Mistral



“Socialism can only arrive by bicycle.”

-- Jose Antonio Viera Gallo
 
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lolly_loisides

One Too Many
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1,845
Location
The Blue Mountains, Australia
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. — Jessica Mitford
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. - Lillian Hellman, letter to Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives, May 19, 1952
 

rue

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13,319
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California native living in Arizona.
I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year. -Bette Davis

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. -Katharine Hepburn
 

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