"Everybody has to feel superior to somebody," she said. "But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege."

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Source : Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.62, Vintage

Truman Capote

#Privilege Quotes #Littles Quotes #Said Quotes

“Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but on the federal government. The government, and those who ran it, were not placed outside the law, but expressly targeted by it. Indeed, the Bill of Rights is little more than a description of the lines that the most powerful political officials are barred from crossing, even if they have the power to do so and even when the majority of citizens might wish them to do so.”
“Quantum physics is one of the hardest things to understand intuitively, because essentially the whole point is that our classical picture is wrong,”
“Learn from each one of your defeats; your losses must be as close to you as your victories.”

Source : S'pore Chess News, November 15, 2010.
“But there was nothing I could do with the emotion really. Â It just went away after a while.”
“I like 'Donnie Darko;' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep.”
“Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.”
“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.”
“I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity.”

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