"Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears."

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Catherynne M. Valente

#Work Out Quotes #Monsters Quotes #Culture Quotes

“About strip clubs and athletes. The best way I can explain why a lot of players end up there is because it's one of the safest places a high-profile person can spend time in a boring city.”
“Men are often bad, but babies never are.”
“Preserve your energy - do not waste it on mediocre activity.”
“We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea that serves as the touchstone of what it means to be an American. This America is the only America that we have hitherto known - if being conservative has anything to do with conserving the principles of our past, then no conservative has any business bashing legal immigration.”
“I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.”
“Seek first to understand before being understood.”
“Oil platforms are a technology for floating permanently on the high seas, and cruise ships are a technology for self-governance on the high seas, and if you combine these two technologies, imagine cruise ships that never dock but float permanently. Imagine if they were 10 times as big. Imagine if they were modular and could move about and you could choose the neighbours you wanted to live with.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“The greatest style is when you can't see the style though you walk away knowing it was there. It's like a perfume - there but not there.”

Source : Source: classic.esquire.com

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