"There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, look!"

-- Carl Hiaasen

#Country Quotes #Hate Quotes #Roles Quotes

“The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage.”

Source : Christopher Gadsden (1966). “The Writings of Christopher Gadsden, 1746-1805”, Columbia : University of South Carolina Press
“It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.”
“Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.”
“The whole gospel is contained in Christ.”
“And we've read scary books and watched scary movies and TV shows together. He's met monsters, ghouls, and demons on the page and on the screen. There's nothing like watching Anaconda with your best friend or lying in bed next to your mother reading Roald Dahl, because that way you get to explore dark stuff safely. You get to laugh with it, to step out on the vampire's dance floor and take him for a spin, and then step back into your life. When you make friends with fear, it can't rule you.”
“We are smart enough to realise that we are stupid, and stupid enough to make the problem of becoming smarter hard.”
“I never set out to write a book to change women's lives, to change history. It's like, 'Who, me?' Yes, me. I did it. And I'm not that different from other women. Maybe my power and glory was that I could speak my truth as a woman and it was the truth of every woman.”
“My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my mom's very silly, and that side of the family is very musical.”

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