"It is a capital insult in this country not to make love to a naked woman, even if she is related to you."

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Source : Gary Shteyngart (2010). “Absurdistan”, p.116, Granta Books

Gary Shteyngart

#Country Quotes #Making Love Quotes #Naked Quotes

“Did you ever know that you're a jackass?”
“The time for your labor has been granted.”
“If you never tried you will never know. Anyway we are going to die why dont we try our best”
“I never went out in the morning with the intention of getting drunk. It just happened.”
“Editing is a natural extension of collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.”
“The minute anyone makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.”
“With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music.”

Source : "Phoebe Snow obituary" by Adam Sweeting, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2011.
“I was the first person that had been so kind to Iman Abdulmajid. As time went on, and she became successful, signed with an agency, when she had to make big decisions, she wouldn't always talk to an agent, she'd ask me. I'd give her good advice and she'd be on her way. When I had ideas to do things like the Black Girls Coalition, I would always talk to her, she always loved my ideas. She trusts me.”

Source : Source: time.com

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