"A tourist is an ugly human being."

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Jamaica Kincaid

#Tourists Quotes #Ugly Quotes #Humans Quotes

“What I can control is how I react. I can't control anything else.”

Source : "Kelsey Grammer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2009.
“And as we continue to improve our understanding of the basic science on which applications increasingly depend, material benefits of this and other kinds are secured for the future.”
“"I want to stay alive in pretty much 90% of my movies. Slaughtering isn't exactly what I'm going for, but I will play edgy for sure."”
“Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not . . . â€â€”Badu pauses to get her words together; she wants this point to be very clearâ€”â€œ. . . when it is not packaged for the consumption of male entertainment. Then it becomes confusing.”
“Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, The 5th Wave, explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if theyre out there, we better hope they never find us.”
“Fragrance is a very personal gift, and I think that's why it makes a great Christmas gift. There's a very distinct signature to it, so if you give it as a gift, I like to think that it's from a person that thinks very highly of you.”
“Las Vegas does have its fair share of males in the business. But the male sex trade is often more underground. There are escort services that specify in gay prostitution, although it may not be advertised for the public, but if you are a male calling for a male, or female calling for a female, you will get what you ask for as long as the money is right.”
“I have not a clue why they sent it to me. As far as I know I have not got a reputation as a receiver of stolen goods.”

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