"Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons."

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Joe Queenan

#Book Quotes #Weapons Quotes #Siege Quotes

“The changing nature of money is only one facet of the financial services revolution.”
“The coolest thing, and I have it at home, is a huge Hulk Hogan, normal-sized pinball machine. When people come over they play it for hours. When you hit the bumpers and the bells ring it goes, 'Oh yeah!' The whole time you're playing this machine it's yelling and screaming at you, 'What you gonna do, brother?!' I think that's the coolest.”
“A great painting is a great painting.”
“try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.”
“The noble grotesque involves the true appreciation of beauty.”
“What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit.”
“I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake.”

Source : "Actor Wesley Snipes reports to prison to begin sentence" by Michael Martinez, www.cnn.com. December 9, 2010.
“To remember a successful salad is generally to remember a successful dinner; at all events, the perfect dinner necessarily includes the perfect salad.”

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