"The biggest surprise was that a country like Angola, that has so much money, that produces so much oil, would be in such a mess and so difficult to travel in. Something is almost cursed in striking oil. It's like the lottery winner who ends up broke."

-- Paul Theroux

#Country Quotes #Oil Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“We should not feel separate from nature, we are a part of it. We need to cover our footprints.”
“I am passionate about everything in my life--first and foremost, passionate about ideas. And that's a dangerous person to be in this society, not just because I'm a woman, but because it's such a fundamentally anti-intellectual, anti-critical thinking society. --bell hooks”
“We need a mayor who knows how to balance a budget, who understands the urgency of delivering all the services that a great city needs, who understand the need of working families.”
“Sometimes I wonder if, instead of falling madly in love, we should aspire to fall sanely in love. But then, what would be the point?”
“The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.”

Source : "Marilyn Johnson: The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, And The Perverse Pleasures Of Obituaries" by Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. March 21, 2006.
“Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass, trombones, trumpets, saxophones, everything.”
“What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.”
“One is defeated only when one accepts defeat.”

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