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To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#among #descendants #good #his #home

In oratory the will must predominate. ↗

— David Hare

#oratory #predominate #will

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. ↗

— David Hare

#carry #head #heart #keep #people

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather. ↗

— David Hare

#else #indicate #like #little #mercury

Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#case #cases #cold #court #court cases

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#childhood #childhood memories #chocolate #feeling #first

I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#fun #i #mom #want

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. ↗

— Julius Charles Hare

#becoming #better #first #first step #step

You know how you wake up in the morning and sometimes you look gorgeous and other times you look like you got hit by a mack truck? I realized that my mack truck is food. If I have no sugar, yeast or wine, I have no undereye bags and my skin is perfect. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#food #gorgeous #got #hit #how

Becoming a parent erased many of my negative childhood feelings and filled them in with something new. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#childhood #erased #feelings #filled #many