"If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day."

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Source : Mickey Spillane (2001). “The Mike Hammer Collection”, p.520, Penguin

Mickey Spillane

#Literature Quotes #Earth Quotes #Likes Quotes

“You're gonna meet tons of different people throughout your life, and it's totally worth it to stick your neck out a little bit if you like someone. Even when you get shot down, it seems really devastating, but it's not in the long run.”
“People don't like to buy things that are going down.”
“Typically, you get a year in prison for making a threat to assassinate the president.”
“I was interested in maintaining the dignity and the hearts of the songs, letting them breathe and become what they are.”
“If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.”

Source : "TalkAsia" with Kyung Lah, www.cnn.com. June 29, 2012.
“I think I am an adult.”
“No man is uninteresting when his hat is blown off and he has to scuttle after it down the street.”
“Kindness is gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.”

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