"Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people."

-- Samuel P. Huntington

#Talking Quotes #People Quotes #Half Quotes

“Any parent would have reservations if their kid came home dressed like a skinhead, but mine understood that punk kept me focused on something when so many of my friends were out robbing 7-Elevens.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.”
“All things reflect the divine energy of nature—every flower, every rock, every sound, every sight. Once we realize that truth, we cannot help but smile.”
“A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured!”
“I donâ€™t know if you or I exist, but somewhere there are poems about us.”
“I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there.”

Source : Elsie De Wolfe (1975). “The house in good taste”, Ayer Co Pub
“If my relation to each and every peasant in Cambodia is indeed exactly what the principles of morality would demand it to be, it's a miraculous coincidence, because it takes a lot of effort to behave correctly in regard to my friends, and from one end of the year to another I never give those peasants a single thought.”

Source : Wallace Shawn (1985). “Aunt Dan and Lemon: A Play”, p.92, Grove Press

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