"Our odd idea of the classical world, the white Washington, D.C., is based on buildings that were originally brightly painted."

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Glenn O'Brien

#World Quotes #Odd Quotes #Building Quotes

“Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners.”

Source : "And the lion shall lie down with the lame" by Arthur Smith, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2002.
“I've reached most my goals and when my career is over I will have many other things to do.”
“The only thing in the world you can change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world.”
“Fasting is not bodily hunger but bodily elevation and purity. It is not a body that hungers and longs for food, but a body that rids itself of the desire to eat. Fasting is a time when the soul flourishes and lifts the body up with it. It rids the body of its loads and burdens and lifts it up so that God may work with it without impediment to the happiness of the spiritual entity.”
“I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.”
“I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“A short reign does not spare the masses.”
“Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries.”

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