"Shaving is a way to start the workday by ritually not cutting your throat when you've the chance."

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Source : Ben Lerner (2014). “10:04”, p.127, Granta Books

Ben Lerner

#Cutting Quotes #Way Quotes #Shaving Quotes

“Maybe you just can't protect people from certain specialized types of folly with any sane amount of regulation, and the correct response is to give up on the high social costs of inadequately protecting people from themselves under certain circumstances.”
“I've been to Vancouver every year for the last four years, since 2011 when I came out with Murs.”

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“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”

Source : Charles Darwin (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)”, p.6343, Delphi Classics
“The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.”
“It's pretty boring, working by yourself. The scene happens in between the two of you, and then you don't know what it's going to be because it's a kind of combustion. So, you do take something from every actor you work with.”

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“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.”
“We have to realize that treating animals well is in our best interests, too. Cruelty is indivisible; when you are cruel to an animal, you are training yourself to be cruel to people, too (and vice versa).”
“I wanted nothing more than to feel something, but I didn't know how to deal with what came after the feeling.”

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