"The choice between starving and being eaten is an exotic one."

-- Francine du Plessix Gray

#Civilization Quotes #Choices Quotes #Exotic Quotes

“I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!”
“As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me as to whether to major in music or literature. It wasn't until my 30s that I began a profession in music.”
“One reason that we're so adaptable is that humans are excellent tool users and homebuilders. When our environment doesn't provide us with something that we need, we try to make it ourselves out of whatever is available, whether that's rock or wood or ore or DNA.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.”
“Thought is borne of failure.”
“William Howard Taft, who he embarrassed in these congressional hearings, attacks him as an emotionalist and a socialist and a cosmopolitan in terms that kind of have an anti-Semitic overtone. And even the pro-Brandeis press supported him in terms that really seem creepy today. There's this piece from Life magazine. It says, "Mr. Brandeis is a Jew. And until now there's never been a Jew on the Supreme Court. Perhaps it's time we have one."”

Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.
“I hate everything that is driven by fashion.”
“I actually had a chance to be inÂ Delta Farce, but I couldn't do it because I read the script.”

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