"The strongest argument for the un-materialistic character of American life is that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of view, intolerable."

-- Mary McCarthy

#Character Quotes #Views Quotes #Materialistic Quotes

“Marriage changes things because there's a lot more at stake. You can't get too toxic because you have to live together. No one can reach for the nuclear button too quickly.”
“Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.”
“She's an idiot. She's looking at life through a selfish, lusty haze.”
“All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.”

Source : "Will Ferrell, Adam McKay Celebrate 'The Other Guys'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross., www.npr.org. August 5, 2010.
“The goal of terror is not traditional territorial enlargement; rather the war target of the terrorist is the dismemberment of the will of the community it terrorizes.”
“The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. Get into a fist fight, put your mind on the strategy of the fight, and you will not feel the other fellow's punches.”
“Doing stand-up comedy is in the middle of a traffic jam getting everybody moving again.”
“We wanted it more live and raw. We didn't want a studio sound.”

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