"And every place and time an author writes about is imaginary, from Oz to Raymond Chandler's L.A. to Dickens's London."

-- Connie Willis

#Writing Quotes #London Quotes #Imaginary Quotes

“I started out playing big bands shows and different things. I was with several different small bands and groups, doing comedy and singing, emceeing, and I got a break with a very big star of the late fifties whose name was Tommy Sands.”

Source : Interview with Derrick Bostrom, derrickbostrom.net. October 6, 2006.
“The old style hypocrite was a person who tried to appear better than he actually was; the new style hypocrite tries to appear worse than he or she is.”

Source : Charles Templeton (1955). “Life Looks Up”, New York : Harper
“Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.”
“What I do is play soccer, which is what I like.”
“When I'm painting outdoors, I only have time to think about what I'm saying, not how I'm saying it.”
“Best merchants are the ones who dictate cool, not those who try to predict it!”
“I'm not afraid," Rafi said. "Why not?" "If I die tomorrow it will have been useless to have been afraid today.”
“Look at me. Iâ€™m skinny, I have a big nose, no ***** and no ass, but in a room full of beautiful women, I would still leave with the most gorgeous guy.”

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