"Who knows what oversensitive is, considering all there is to be sensitive to."

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Source : William Maxwell, Christopher Carduff (2008). “Later novels and stories: The château, So long, see you tomorrow, stories and improvisations, 1957-1999”

William Maxwell

#Sensitive Quotes #Considering Quotes

“I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.”
“There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.”
“I just don't think it's true that people can't do something else after they've done something that seems so permanent.”

Source : "Ex-'Blue's Clues' host Steve Burns an indie rocker at heart" by Joe Dangelo, www.mtv.com. April 29, 2002.
“I've never deprived myself of anything. I've always thought if you need to lose weight, carry on eating what you like, just eat less. I don't agree with doing without pasta or bread, it's too harsh.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers.”
“Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to worry about it getting too crazy. People don't have to worry about character arcs. Each episode is a self-contained unit.”
“The majority of women commit the strategic error of attempting to excel in a maximum of fields in order to satisfy all their customers' needs.”
“Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.”

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