"Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones."

-- Katharine Fullerton Gerould

#Civilization Quotes #Taste Quotes #Nasty Quotes

“Shared laughter is erotic too.”
“I've worked with a lot of great glamorous girls in movies and the theater. And I'll admit, I've often thought it would be wonderful to be a femme fatale. But then I'd always come back to thinking that if they only had what I've had - a family, real love, an anchor - they would have been so much happier during all the hours when the marquees and the floodlights are dark.”
“The garden is doing so well, we have so many greens and radishes that everyone is enjoying. Also, we are using one square as a compost bin, the Green Team is collecting food waste at lunch. Things are looking great, a huge thank you again.”
“While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.”
“Competing in gymnastics is the greatest reminder of being alive as a human being.”
“When a mother takes pictures of her children on the beach, she doesn't take herself for an artist; she does it for love, which is an excellent reason, from my point of view.”
“It's going to be an emotional time for me to see where my great grandfather ministered. It's going to be great to see the fruit of his labor.”
“It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.”

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