"I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy."

-- Will Oldham

#Thinking Quotes #America Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“Writing is a totally different brain than directing, at least for me. With writing, you're trying your best to foresee all the problems before they happen. It's more architectural in a weird way.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing.”

Source : Mary Alice Monroe (2017). “Girl in the Mirror”, p.135, MIRA
“Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.”
“Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast.”
“All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.”
“Is anything sadder than a trainThat leaves when it's supposed to,That has only one voice,Only one route?There's nothing sadder.Except perhaps a cart horse,Shut between two shaftsAnd unable even to look sideways.”
“If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn't matter how great you were, it'll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.”
“Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.”

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