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Thornton Wilder

"I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts."

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Akiroq Brost

"If I would be made come to earth again, I would ask for the same mother again. If made to return 100 times to earth, I would request to be born through the same mother 100 times!"

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"Could it be? Samantha Kingston? Home? On a Friday? I roll my eyes. "I don't know. Did you do a lot of acid in the sixties? Could be a flashback. "I was two years old in 1960. I came too late for the party. He leans down and pecks me on the head. I pull away out of habit. "And I'm not even going to ask how you know about acid flashbacks. "What's an acid flashback? Izzy crows. "Nothing, my dad and I say at the same time, and he smiles at me."

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Akiroq Brost

"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

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"...workplace dynamics are no less complicated or unexpectedly intense than family relations, with only the added difficulty that whereas families are at least well-recognised and sanctioned loci for hysteria reminiscent of scenes from Medea, office life typically proceeds behind a mask of shallow cheerfulness, leaving workers grievously unprepared to handle the fury and sadness continually aroused by their colleagues."

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"You will never realize how precious a baby is until she keeps you awake through the whole night."

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"There is no teacher equal to mother and there's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father."

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"Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home."

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"I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue."

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"So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip."

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"They play in the Meadow. The dancing girl with the dark hair and blue eyes. The boy with blond curls and gray eyes, struggling to keep up with her on his chubby toddler legs. It took five, ten, fifteen years for me to agree. But Peeta wanted them so badly. When I first felt her stirring inside of me, I was consumed with a terror that felt as old as life itself. Only the joy of holding her in my arms could tame it."

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Thornton Wilder
"I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island."

Love

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"Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger."

Danger

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"A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it."

Action

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"It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness."

Beauty

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Thornton Wilder
"Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder."

Marriage

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Thornton Wilder
"In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide."

Advertising

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"Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous."

Faith

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"Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them."

Actor

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"My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate."

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"The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose."

Decision-Making

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