"I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Tom Barbash

#People Quotes #Upset Quotes #Stories Quotes

“It is my great hope that our paths, however long and winding, will cross again.”
“It's a noir world. Unfair things happen.”
“Every Super Bowl, I do different food each quarter from each of the hometowns of the teams competing. So Iâ€™m always hoping for cities with a gastronomic soulâ€”not so much Indianapolis or Denver, right? For halftime we have New York hot dogs from Papaya Dog. And at the end of the game Iâ€™ve chosen a dessert based on who I think is going to win.”
“Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.”
“Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.”
“I have never voted in my life.”
“In our road through life we may happen to meet with a man casting a stone reverentially to enlarge the cairn of another which stone he has carried in his bosom to sling against that very other's head.”
“I have so many things that I want to do, and I don't have enough time in my life to do them all. The problem with acting business is that it's so expensive and you've got to get so many people to say yes.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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