"The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city."

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Source : Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.28, Courier Corporation

Carl Van Vechten

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“Crime is a job. Sex is a job. Growing up is a job. School is a job. Going to parties is a job. Religion is a job. Being creative is a job”
“It is always allowable to ask for artichoke jelly with your boiled venison; however there are houses where this is not supplied.”
“I don't want to pick on Deutsche Bank, but I think the world of the regulated financial conglomerate, it is a strange thing. There is nothing in common between writing checks and running branch offices, issuing credit cards - those are good businesses, but they really have zero in common with M&A advice. They're a different customer.”
“Desire, instead of being an obstacle to an inspired and fulfilled life, is the very thing that propels you toward it.”

Source : "Spiritual vs. Material Fulfillment: Who Says You Can’t Have Both? (Part II)" by Rod Stryker, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 11, 2011.
“The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more.”
“I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. August 19, 2009.
“It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves.”

Source : Giambattista Vico, Thomas Goddard Bergin (1948). “The new science of Giambattista Vico”
“You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.”

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