"As Rilke observed, love requires a progressive shortening……" — William H. Gass

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• Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
• The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. — Dave Barry
• What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. — Joseph Addison
• By the time I was a teenager, when I went outside the house, it was about hip-hop all the time.… — Mary J. Blige
• My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to… — Mary J. Blige
• My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it… — Erma Bombeck
• A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block… — Hal Borland
• I've been through my highs, I've been through my lows; I've been through the gamut of all things in this… — Christina Aguilera
• You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have… — Jeff Bridges
• My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million… — Carol Burnett
• I've never had writer's block. — David Byrne
• There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. — John Calvin

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