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Roy Blount, Jr.

"Any given generation gives the next generation advice that the given generation should have been given by the previous generation but now it's too late."

Source : Roy Blount, Jr. (2009). “Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory”, p.27, Macmillan

Roy Blount, Jr.

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“I got tattoos for purely antisocial reasons, and now people do it for social acceptance. I miss the individualism.”
“A nuclear weapon of some dimension, whether it's actually a nuclear weapon, or a dirty bomb, or some kind of radiological device. Yes, I think it's probably a near thing.”
“There are two rules in life: Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: Everything is small stuff.”
“When I finished the series, I wasn't going to do television again. I never wanted to do television to begin with, and I was so exhausted by the process that I was wary of being in front of the camera again.”
“Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving.”
“Women living their lives around the world, and the majority of the world is not white.”

Source : "How Jezebel Smashes the Patriarchy, Click by Click". Interview with Tasneem Raja, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2013.
“Charm is simply the art of being pleasing.”
“Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time.”

"Any given generation gives the next generation advice that the given generation should have been given by the previous generation but now it's too late."

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