"The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers."

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Source : Eric Schlosser (2001). “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal”, p.8, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Eric Schlosser

#United States Quotes #Inmates Quotes #Prison Quotes

“If you think being dysfuncted and damaged, strapped to your baggage, dirty, ruined and hurt like critical, cynical, scathing, if you're lost or have come up missing, scarred and scared (or pretending you aren't), when you think that's all you've got, it's not. The sadness you wear around like a trophy is intriguing at most, but it's miserable, and about as original as a frat boy with a visor cap. So step up.”
“Victoria?" she hissed. "Laurent?" I nodded, a teensy bit alarmed by the expression in her black eyes. I pointed at my chest. "Danger magnet, remember?”
“And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.”
“I'd rather dance than eat.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have come to understand that life is too complex and much too short to let amateurs direct the story. I would rather let the Master Storyteller do the writing.”
“Drinking all day Big chiefing at night I keep my eyes red and tight So that my teeth can look white”

Source : Song: I Can't Quit, Album: The Dude, 1998
“Everybody wants the quick fix, but it doesn't happen overnight. You have to be willing to put it out there. I call it 'the secret to being an overnight success,' which means there really isn't a such thing as an overnight success. ! The secret is you work really hard for 10 years, and then you become an overnight success.”
“I only watch MSNBC for the news.”

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