"Socially, I never belonged to any class, rich or poor. To the rich I was poor, and to the poor I was poor pretending to be like the rich."

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Source : John O'Hara (1967). “The Instrument”

John O'Hara

#Rich Or Poor Quotes #Class Quotes #Pretending Quotes

“Oil they would buy from anyone. From Satan.”
“A good time to laugh is any time you can.”

Source : Linda Ellerbee (1993). “Move On”
“Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.”
“I view my stories as sexual or personal. Curiously, I don't. When I was writing those stories I thought of them as comedy pieces in the vein of performance monologue, such as you might get with Richard Pryor, or Lenny Bruce, or George Carlin. So I don't feel vulnerable because I know the line of demarcation between "Writer Kevin" and "Narrative Kevin."”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“We are not living in a private world of our own. Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.”
“I'm not really concerned with trying to turn haters into believers.”
“Elsa's joke Where do baby apes sleep? In apricots!”

Source : Jacqueline Wilson (2008). “The Bed and Breakfast Star”, Random House
“Occasionally I'll watch Fox News for as long as I can tolerate it, or CNN. I'll watch until I get infuriated, but you got to know what they're talking about and what they're not talking about.”

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