"I was a bit of a troubled kid growing up, let's put it that way. I didn't take pleasure in hard work."

-- Matt Taibbi

#Growing Up Quotes #Kids Quotes #Hard Work Quotes

“So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are human: and it is better, in a paradoxical way, to do evil than to do nothing: at least we exist.”
“We believe in individual merit as a means of gaining salvation”
“Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, oneâ€™s own and that of other people.”
“I'm a firm believer that things happen as they should. The universe unfolds just as it's supposed to.”
“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.”
“I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm in. I can also be a beach bum - I like to laze in the shade of a palm tree with a good book or float in a warm sea at sundown.”
“You can measure films on box office success, or people lovin' the movie whenever they see it. That's what I measure my movies on. How much people love these movies after they get a chance to see them, no matter how they get a chance to see them.”
“So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly.”

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