"I wasn't used to children and they were getting on my nerves. Worse, it appeared that I was a child, too. I hadn't known that before; I thought I was just short."

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Source : Florence King (1990). “Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady”, p.59, Macmillan

Florence King

#Children Quotes #Nerves Quotes #Used Quotes

“The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave, I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said, 'Damn it', I took my camera and went out into the street.”
“There's so many simple things that can be done to change our carbon footprint, and to reduce our carbon footprint.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“The liberals are asking us to give Obama time. We agree...and think 25 to life would be appropriate.”
“Comedy is a blood sport. It flays the truth and spurts twisted logic. In America, people become comics because we don't have bullfighting.”
“I think that people are constantly thinking about capturing things that they're not actually present for the moment they're trying to capture. I'm quite sure of this. I think it's insane how many pictures have to be taken these days. We have to realize there's a level of documentation that's just chatter, it's noise, and beyond that, people who are truly documenting are going to have to find a way to puncture that.”

Source : "Ian MacKaye, D.C. Rocker’s Library Of Congress Lecture: The Most Interesting Snippets" By Will Wrigley, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 14, 2013.
“I do think that one needs to have respect for people who are older. And I really do love the idea that one can respect generations.”
“My brother could not write about trifles. Even in society he became animated only when some serious discussion was engaged in, and he complained of feeling 'a dull pain in the brain'--a physical pain, as he used to say--when he was with people who cared only for small talk.”
“I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies!”

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