"My dear creature, I have done with all debate. But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either MY COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG, which is infamous, or MY COUNTRY IS ALWAYS RIGHT, which is imbecile."

-- Patrick O'Brian

#Country Quotes #Mean Quotes #Jingoism Quotes

“I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot of curiosity about music and the world. But the only way he seems to be depicted is as a junkie. And that's not the full picture.”
“I think the biggest shift for me is - this is going to sound like a wanky actor, but - getting in touch with, and learning to not just appreciate, but actually really enjoy being a woman. Because for so long I was a jock, and I was an athlete, and I was a tomboy, and people would joke about like, fancy dress, you should go as a girl.”

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“If you are not enjoying yourself, you are wasting time.”
“The past is just data. I only see the future.”
“Even more important than what we do, then, is who we are.”
“Shoot eagles on the Jack Nicklaus course, Porsche with the triple exhaust, Seats soft like a midget's cough...”
“I know your breed; all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's as old as Washington.”
“There is a Difference Between Merely Living and Living Worthily”

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