"Our language, once homely and colloquial, seeks to aggrandize our meanest activities with polysyllabic terms or it retreats from frankness into a stammering verbosity."

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Source : Mary McCarthy (1985). “Occasional prose”, Harcourt

Mary McCarthy

#Retreat Quotes #Language Quotes #Stammering Quotes

“There's only one head bigger than Tony Greig's - and that's Birkenhead”
“I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.”

Source : Interview with Conor Oberst, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 17, 2013.
“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.”
“Okay, maybe I'm not cooler than you, but I felt like I was for a second. Just let me have my moment!”
“The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.”
“I did enjoy cooking, I still do really enjoy cooking - I make a nice salmon dish, and Im a huge meat freak, so I love to bang a few steaks on the grill or pasta. Anything Italian, really.”

Source : "Discovery: Luke Pasqualino" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2012.
“It's easier to sell junk when you're known than works of genius when you're unknown.”
“I had been with a good friend, had a few beers, didn't bother to eat, went down to the hotel where the party was, walked in and, God I don't know why, because I hardly ever drink it, I had a double scotch. And I had another.”

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