"I've had 72 absolutely flaming years. It (the illness) doesn't bother me at all, because, you know, love, when you've lived like I have, you've done it all. I put all my effort into living; any dope can drop dead. I'm in the hospital now, and I guess I'll kick the bucket here. Every beetle does it, every bird, everybody. You come into the world and then you go."

-- Vali Myers

#Dope Quotes #Years Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting. My high school was crazy about football.”

Source : "Friday Night Lights: Jesse Plemons Has Home-Field Advantage". Interview with Marnie Hanel, www.vanityfair.com. April 2009.
“Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing, and one of the best arguments for immigration reform, even if you'll rarely hear a politician make it.”

Source : "Immigration Reform and the American Worker". www.newyorker.com. February 21, 2013.
“I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.”
“I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.”
“Envy is a kind of praise.”

Source : John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.76
“I am doing enough to survive but it isnâ€™t the same as living.”

Source : Kerry Wilkinson (2014). “Reckoning”, p.211, Pan Macmillan
“Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.”
“The trouble with the sacred Individual is that he has no significance, except as he can acquire it from others, from the social whole.”

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