"Iâ€™m not interested in being polite. Itâ€™s false."

-- Libba Bray

#Not Interested Quotes #Polite Quotes #Being Polite Quotes

“American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government from suing the Iraqis who tortured them.”
“'The Social Network' was probably one of the two or three things I've done in my life that I'm most proud of. I'm not going to engage in what about it was disappointing. There's nothing about it I was disappointed in.”

Source : "OSCARS: Producer Scott Rudin Talks Critics Awards, Salander, His 'Jeopardy' Discovery And Why A Non-Baseball Fan Relates To 'Moneyball'". Interview with Mike Fleming Jr, deadline.com. January 12, 2012.
“But when Iâ€™m jumping, itâ€™s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky. Really, my urge to be swallowed up by the sky is enough to make my heart quiver. When Iâ€™m jumping, I can feel my body parts really well, tooâ€”my bounding legs and my clapping handsâ€”and that makes me feel so, so good.”
“Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”
“Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.”

Source : Franz Boas (1969). “Race and Democratic Society”, p.69, Biblo & Tannen Publishers
“Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.”
“Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.”
“In my experience, the worst thing you can do to an important problem is to discuss it.”

Source : Simon Gray (2013). “Simon Gray: Plays 2: Otherwise Engaged; Dog Days; Molly; Plaintiff and Defendants; Two Sundays; Pig in a Poke; Man in a Side Car”, p.60, Faber & Faber

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