"Questions are like the knocks of beggarmen, and should not be minded."

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Flann O'Brien

“What a world is this! What is there in it desirable? The good we hope for so strangely mixed, that one knows not what to wish for!And one half of mankind tormenting the other, and being tormented themselves in tormenting!”
“The media insist that crime is the major concern of the American public today. In this connection they generally push the point that a disarmed society would be a crime-free society. They will not accept the truth that if you take all the guns off the street you still will have a crime problem, whereas if you take the criminals off the street you cannot have a gun problem.”

Source : "Jeff Cooper's Commentaries", Vol. 2, No. 5, May 1994.
“Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.”
“If people did not fear me so, how could anyone tolerate me?”

Source : Courtney Milan (2014). “The Turner Series (An Enhanced Box Set)”, p.313, Macmillan
“Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.”
“I love TV now, and 'Modern Family,' but what draws me back to theater is that initial instinct of wanting to be a theater actor. I love the challenge of starting a play and not stopping until you finish. I love the immediacy of trusting your instincts.”

Source : "Jesse Tyler Ferguson On Shakespeare In The Park: ‘I Love The Challenge Of Starting A Play". Interview with Matthew Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2013.
“He who would be singular in his apparel had need have something superlative to balance that affectation.”
“What went wrong is we had tremendous concentration in the sense we put a lot of our money to work against U.S. real estate. We got here by lending money, and putting money to work in the U.S. real estate market, in a size that was probably larger than what we ought to have done on a diversification basis.”

Source : "Charlie Rose" with Charlie Rose, charlierose.com. November 25, 2008.

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