"United States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies."

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Source : John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense”, p.299, Simon and Schuster

John Ralston Saul

#United States Quotes #Enthusiasm Quotes #Given Quotes

“Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.”
“Life is the path you beat while you walk it It's the walking that beats the path It is not the path that makes the walk”
“You can't type what a lesbian is. We're anything and everything. The one thing in common is that we make love to other women. So give up trying to limit us.”
“Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.”
“To forget is the great secret of strong creative natures; to forget is the way nature herself who knows no past and who at every hour begins the mysteries of her untiring labors afresh.”
“Alec Baldwin made us all feel like [we could] pal around with him and come up with the best scenarios or scenarios if you're a f - king asshole. So working with him was Alec Baldwin does it the best.”
“Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy.”
“I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.”

Source : The Hostage act 1 (1958)

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