"Jesus Christ was innocent too,' said Svejk, 'and all the same they crucified him. No one anywhere has ever worried about a man being innocent. Maul halten und weiter dienen ['Grin and bear it and get on with the job'] - as they used to tell us in the army. That's the best and finest thing of all."

-- Jaroslav HaÅ¡ek

#Jesus Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Army Quotes

“I decided to lock myself in. A forced segregation. Sabbatical. A retreat into myself. My selves. Play hide and go seek in the looking-glass. The mirror angled at the foot of my bed. Twisted reflections bouncing off into infinity. Obsessed with my image, the myriad of distored figurines who danced in front of me in rapid succession, every feature exaggerated, every slight imperfection a new delicacy.”

Source : Lydia Lunch (1997). “Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary”, Creation Publishing Group
“Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.”
“The lives God gives to us, the awful things we canâ€™t escape from. Sometimes I think that sort of God would enjoy making hell for us after we die.”
“I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think the audience should take away that it's okay to be smart, it's okay to be funny and well-learned. You can be from academia and be funny; you don't have to be an idiot.”
“A dancer on break approached him. She smiled. Each tooth was angled in a different direction, as if her mouth were the masterwork of a mad orthodontist. "Hi," she said. "Hi." "You're really cute." "I don't have any money." She spun and walked away. Ah, romance.”
“My dad was an agent for Met Life. In the '50s, I remember the mortality rate was something like - you had - 58 was the average age. Then it was moved up to 62, and then 65, 68.”
“A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel.”

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