"Americans don't bother to notice anybody else in the world."

-- Randall Robinson

#World Quotes #Bother Quotes

“People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.”
“I know that our country is strongest when we lead the world, when we lead strong alliances. And that's the way Eisenhower and Reagan and Kennedy and others did it.”
“Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!”
“There were many moments in the Vine like that one--where you might think today was yesterday, and yesterday was tomorrow, and so on. Because we all believed we were tragic, and we drank. We had that helpless, destined feeling. We would die with handcuffs on. We would be put a stop to, and it wouldn't be our fault. So we imagined. And yet we were always being found innocent for ridiculous reasons.”
“Supposing the Mother Earth was very hot like the sun, there would have been no growth, or it was cold like moon, there would have been no growth. It had to come to the centre where it had both the things in proper proportions to grow. In the same way a human being has to work out that you keep a moderation and a balance and understand not to go to extremes of anything. That balance you learn when you love someone.”
“Oh, Gods." His eyes shone with want and predatory satisfaction. "The name's William. It's a common mistake.”
“I understand how hard rock fans feel inside out, because I was one of those people.”

Source : "Busted? It was like torture". Interview with Alexis Petridis, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2006.
“And since the portions of the great and the small are equal in number, so too all things would be in everything. Nor is it possible that they should exist apart, but all things have a portion of everything.”

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