"I also really loved the sea when I was young, when I lived in Sicily, but unfortunately the sea here has been reduced to a trash dump. It's a horrible pain going to the beach; you risk getting an infection or getting tar all over you."

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Source : Source: wordswithoutborders.org

Dacia Maraini

#Beach Quotes #Pain Quotes #Sea Quotes

“Anti-Semitism is not based on strictly religious grounds and is not directed against the Jewish faith as such. However, all German Christians resent and denounce the fact that the Jews have been the chief advocates of atheism. They have influenced the workers' children through the Communist youth organizations, of which they are the leading spirit...”

Source : "Nazis in the News: 1933". www.pbs.org. March 5, 1933.
“The zipper opened all the way down our spines.”
“As an actor, you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities.”
“A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.”
“This is pure snow! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?”
“Pig power in America was infuriating, but pig power in the communist framework was awesome and unaccountable.”
“Saddam was tranquillised when captured ... He would be a lion even when caged. Every honest person who knows Saddam knows that he is firm and powerful.”
“Because I'm a musician aspiring to write good stuff and put on good shows, I'm hyperaware of what they're doing and what they're putting out. But listening now in a less critical way, I'm appreciating and admiring it even more.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

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