"It was you readers who really came through, proving once again that when the American people decide to "get involved" in a problem, it is best not to let them have any sharp implements."

-- Dave Barry

#Humorous Quotes #America Quotes #People Quotes

“The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true,”

Source : The New Yorker, Volume 80, Issues 1-10, 2004.
“The image itself is kind of the least important factor to me, though I'm still interested in putting forth an interesting image. I see the image as the screen laid over top of what really interests me, which is that depth of surface and that filmic quality that it has when you pass the piece. The idea that my pieces look like paintings, but are most definitely not, is really interesting to me.”
“Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.”
“Afflictive emotions - our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear - can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that they always pass on like clouds in the sky, you also realize they can ultimately be abandoned.”
“Hearts set about finding other hearts the moment they are born, and between them, they weave nets so frightfully strong and tight that you end up bound forever in hopeless knots, even to the shadow of a beast you knew and loved long ago.”

Source : Catherynne M. Valente (2012). “The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There”, p.85, Macmillan
“I don't like to be on a set and wait three hours, just to make some lighting adjustments. I like to shoot. That's what I want to do. I'd rather shoot something dumb than wait.”

Source : "Quentin Dupieux Talks WRONG COPS, Fast-Paced Shoots, and His Secret Project with Marilyn Manson". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 25, 2013.
“There was that word again.Mature. Was this what maturity was? Giving up on the things we wanted because we knew we'd never get them?”

Source : Diana Peterfreund (2009). “TAP & GOWN (EBK)”, p.264, Delta
“Be a tough-minded optimist.”

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