"I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in."

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Source : Harvey Pekar, Michael Rhode (2008). “Harvey Pekar: Conversations”, p.125, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Harvey Pekar

#Book Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Territory Quotes

“For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options. I want to encourage every woman, especially if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek out the information and medical experts who can help you through this aspect of your life, and to make your own informed choices.”
“I want to make one thing clear: I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-affirmative action, I'm pro- environment, pro-health care, and pro-labor. And if that ain't a Democrat, then I must be at the wrong meeting.”
“Iâ€™m good when Iâ€™m alone. Iâ€™m comfortable when Iâ€™m alone. I can sit and do lots of things all by myself. Sex included.”
“Major cities are divided into two parts; the bits that are in the guidebook and the bits that aren't. If you don't take a guidebook, you'll see a different city.”

Source : 2002 InThe Guardian, 21 May.
“If we want to find the manna hidden in our vocation, let us restrict and confine all our desires within it.”
“All simple souls must admire and respect one another, saying: 'Let us proceed each one along our path to the same goal, united in purpose and by means of God's order which, in its great variety, is in us all.”
“The term revolution means: a sudden, radical, and complete change from the way things are normally done. I love that definition because I really feel that in order for us to start walking in the kind of love that Christ commanded us to - the "love your neighbor as yourself" kind - it's going to take a radical change in our current behavior. The church has become passive and selfish and it's going to take a revolution to get us back to the place where we are not just talking the talk, but walking in a love that shows the world Christ's love.”
“Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo â€” Captain Kangaroo... I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.”

Source : "Fictional character: Captain Kangaroo". TV Series "Captain Kangaroo", October 3, 1955.

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