"Some people just wanted to blow it all to hell, animal, vegetable and mineral. They wanted a Vietnam they could fit into their car ashtrays."

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Source : Michael Herr (2011). “Dispatches”, p.59, Vintage

Michael Herr

#Animal Quotes #Blow Quotes #Vegetables Quotes

“I was introduced to skateboarding through my father. He was a surfer back in the 50's & 60's in Hawaii, where my parents grew up. They later moved to California and I was born. Skateboarding was the thing for surfers here in California in the 60's and my Dad immediately made me a homemade board.”

Source : Source: theindiespiritualist.com
“America is an unusually religious nation.”

Source : "America Has a Prayer" by Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. December 6, 2012.
“I've reached the age where anyone who lets me talk seems like an old By listening to my memories, you have become part of them.”

Source : J.J. MARRIC; MARGARET MILLAR; BILL KNOX (1977). “GIDEON'S DRIVE; ASK FOR ME TOMORROW; HELLSPOUT”
“I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.”
“The real lesson Orville (Redenbacher) taught me was the power of a good brand to trump all rhyme or reason in the marketplace.”
“When you're writing it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea. It's nice- that again, is another nice thing about being able to do commercials is, you can get out of the house and chase high speed cars around for a few days and then by the time you go back, you're kind of re-infused to write.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Just as the ideal of classic Greek culture was the most perfect harmony of mind and body, so a human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.”

Source : Richard Ballantine, Richard Grant (1998). “Ultimate Bicycle Book”, Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
“An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.”

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