"Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free."

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Source : Anita Loos (1974). “Kiss Hollywood good-by”, Viking Adult

Anita Loos

#Pleasure Quotes

“I can't frankly see much difference in the film industry at all. The only difference might be that they don't take as much time as they used to. For example, they'll do in one day what we used to take a week to do.”
“I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for”
“Do not stand directly in front of a cannon...how true that is.”
“Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog.”
“And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence.”
“For me, as I began to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I became aware of how on an instinctive level I made choices to cover myself.”
“Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I'm making little star maps when I write poems.”
“The wait is long, my dream of you does not end.”

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