"If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction."

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Source : Padgett Powell (2012). “The Imperative Mood”, p.1, Profile Books

Padgett Powell

#Reactions Quotes

“As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?”
“It's always easier in the Senate minority to maintain unity.”
“Government jobs are not an addition to the country's payroll; they are an increase in the nation's payload.”
“What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing bore describing their emotions in real time every waking hour.”
“All I'm saying is, where relationships are concerned, don't confuse length with strength.”

Source : Matt Dunn (2008). “The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook”, p.23, Simon and Schuster
“I love traveling. It not only opens my mind up, but it also allows me to use my fame in another way through humanitarian works and stuff, and being an influence around the world.”
“So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!”
“Men are born human. What they must learn is to be an animal. If they learn otherwise it may kill them, and kill life on the planet.”

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