"I don't think it's like eastern mysticism, which leaves the person whole. It's really another form of cancer, television."

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James Purdy

#Cancer Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Television Quotes

“For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.”
“Teamwork represents a set of values that encourage behaviors such as listening and constructively responding to points of view expressed by others, giving others the benefit of the doubt, providing support to those who need it, and recognizing the interests and achievements of others.”
“One thing I know that's really cool - it seems to me that Blake Schwarzenbach [Jets to Brazil frontman; ex-Jawbreaker] is someone who's made music that's people continue to take really personally.”

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“When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.”
“An important aspect of the Eurasian worldview is an absolute denial of Western civilization. In the opinion of the Eurasians, the West with its ideology of liberalism is an absolute evil.”
“I punched to line. "Yes? What?" "Norville. It's Cormac. If you don't change the subject right now, I'm going to have to go over there and have a word with you.”
“Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.”
“The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting that which he sees before him. Otherwise, his pictures will be like those folding screens behind which one expects to find only the sick or the dead.”

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