"It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior"

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Source : Wallace Shawn (2009). “Essays”, p.22, Haymarket Books

Wallace Shawn

#Problem Quotes #Characteristics Quotes #Feels Quotes

“I've seen enough crazy shots to know they happen in the best of families.”
“Tonight we had our chances but we ran out of talent.”
“Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.”
“Lonnie says it doesn't take long to write a song if you're stricken with a severe case of the Tennysons. He wasn't necessarily talking about a chart-climber.”

Source : Dan Jenkins (2010). “Baja Oklahoma”, p.26, Texas A&M University Press
“This is America, This vast, confused beauty, This staring, restless speed of loveliness, Mighty, overwhelming, crude, of all forms, Making grandeur out of profusion, Afraid of no incongruities, Sublime in its audacity, Bizarre breaker of moulds.”

Source : Amy Lowell (1955). “Complete poetical works: With an introd. by Louis Untermeyer”
“It takes incredible fortitude to keep on the road, even though it's fun and it's rewarding and you can't complain, it's just a great life, but it takes a lot of energy.”

Source : "The Singer of 'Love Shack' Is Back With an Upbeat Solo Album". Interview with Luke Whelan, www.motherjones.com. February 16, 2015.
“I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.”
“I think coughing up slugs was quite hard. Ron has a scene where he has to cough up these giant slugs. I had this giant slug in my mouth loaded with slime and I spat them out. I think it was plastic. I hope it was plastic.”

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