"Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement."

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Source : George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.64

George Bancroft

#Life Quotes #Truth Quotes #Character Quotes

“All the themes of incipient fascism are present, to some degree, in our present-day political culture: the fear of the Other, the need for a (powerless) scapegoat, including the theme of expansionism.”
“If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.”

Source : "Adam Devine on How to Throw a House Party". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. October 24, 2013.
“Come up and see me sometime.”
“One day can make your life. One day can ruin your life. All life is, is four or five days that change everything.”

Source : "Riding in Cars with Boys". www.imdb.com. 2001.
“The eleven o'clock hour on Sunday is the most segregated hour in American life.”
“Events tend to recur in cycles.”
“Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families, our culture, our religions. It is an enormous task because the history of women has been as incompletely told as the history of blacks.”

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