"Rome wasn't built in a day, and neit'er was Syracuse."

--

Shemp Howard

“Love is the direct opposite of hate. By definition it's something you can't feel for more than a few minutes at a time, so what's all this bullshit about loving somebody for the rest of your life?”
“Aren't all ballets sexy? I think they should be. I can think of nothing more kinky than a prince chasing a swan around all night.”
“Bound to seek recognition of its own existence in categories, terms, and names that are not of its own making, the subject seeks the sign of its own existence outside itself, in a discourse that is at once dominant and indifferent. Social categories signify subordination and existence at once. In other words, within subjection the price of existence is subordination.”
“A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.”
“After one is right with God and pleases God, the next most important thing in all the world is to be right with one's own father and mother.”
“...it's just another one of those things I don't understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity”
“I was told by a physician to avoid any line of work where people need to, um, depend on me for anything.”
“Nothing drew me to the film business. I was propelled by the fear and anxiety of Vietnam. I had been drafted into the Marines. My brother was already serving in Vietnam. I bought, if you will, a stay of execution - both literally and figuratively - and went on to graduate school of business from the law school that I was attending.”

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