"You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all."

-- Joseph Jarman

#Unique Quotes #Community Quotes #Western Culture Quotes

“I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service.”
“There was something intrinsically sad about Shinjuku. A vacuum-packed hollowness that no quantity of neon could hide. Roppongi was the same, only there the sadness was older and more Western. All that movement to so little purpose. A million strangers searching for a cure to the darkness behind their eyes in the void between someone else's legs.”

Source : Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2017). “End Of The World Blues”, p.92, Hachette UK
“Quality, not quantity, is my measure.”
“Please say this gas bill is just an estimate”
“I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”

Source : Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.267, Simon and Schuster
“The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really protective of that. I'm not going to write something because I feel like it fits here or it fits there - I just want to write music that feels good to me.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“You can't wield a handbag from an empty chair.”

Source : "Making the case for a generation". www.theguardian.com. October 14, 1999.
“The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for.”

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