"In the pre-Internet age you had to find gay things - or things that were slightly radioactive with erotic interest. You had to go to the library, you had to find the books; you had to find the coded things. When everything's available and everything's okay, what does it become? It becomes shopping. We're shopping all the time, basically, whether for objects, or people. On Manhunt or Grindr, or whatever. It's click to buy."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Daniel Mendelsohn

#Book Quotes #Gay Quotes #People Quotes

“I nationalize strategic companies and get criticized, but when Bush does it, it's OK. ... Bush is turning socialist. How are you, comrade Bush?”
“I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Poverty is considered quaint in the rural areas because it comes thatched.”
“A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money,”
“I think all human beings are at least a little bit Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde, and many of us are downright quadrophenic.”

Source : Source: www.pmakid.com
“If I were to tell you that I'm the one who does all the cooking, you'd interpret it as me trying to be some kind of role model. And if I were to say that my husband does all the cooking, you'd say: "Ah, so that's how it is with family ministers."”
“Remember, if you don't have a goal you're not playing football, you're just kicking a ball around the park.”

Source : Geoff Thompson (2007). “The Elephant And The Twig: The Art of Positive Thinking”, p.99, Summersdale Publishers LTD - ROW
“Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.”

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