"L.A.: where there's never weather, and walking is a crime. L.A.: where the streetlights and palm trees go on forever, where darkness never comes, like a deal that never goes down, a meeting that's never taken. The City of Angels: where every cockroach has a screenplay and even the winos wear roller skates. It's that kind of town."

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Source : Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

Ian Shoales

#Taken Quotes #Angel Quotes #Cities Quotes

“When I turned 45, I lay in bed reflecting on all life had taught me. My soul sprang a leak and ideas flowed out. My pen simply caught them and set the words on paper. I typed them up and turned them into a newspaper column of the 45 lessons life taught me. When I hit 50, I added five more lessons and the paper ran the column again.”
“Golf is the only game I know of that actually becomes harder the longer you play it.”
“I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.”
“We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.”
“Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.”
“She didn't protest as Hale slid his arm around her and pulled her to rest against his chest. It was somehow softer there than she remembered.”
“Place-based initiatives can provide a useful framework to judge our progress in raising people out of poverty. They allow us to see whether or not a neighborhood is improving and its residents are living better.”
“I don't think God said we should all be soft. My job is to compete, and the best prevails. I will continue to play, and that's the way I'm succeeding in my life. If I hit you by mistake, all I can say is 'I'm sorry,' and I keep moving on.”

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