"Waiting for the Electricity is a wildly original and ambitious debut, a novel that tackles cultural clashes with satirical hilarity. I haven't read a first novel this promising since The Confederacy of Dunces."

-- Jill Ciment

#Waiting Quotes #Ambitious Quotes #Hilarity Quotes

“I had a test on my kidneys a few weeks back and found out I have two.”
“I want to help children in Serbia and around the world so they can realize their dreams.”
“I regard a great ad as the most beautiful thing in the world.”
“We Americans are a peculiar people. We are for the underdog, no matter how much of a dog he is.”
“Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.”

Source : "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.
“Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement.”
“Always double-knot your sneakers. One of my teammates once lost a shoe during a game!”
“The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor.”

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