"Los Angeles makes the rest of California seem authentic."

-- Jonathan Culler

#California Quotes #Los Angeles Quotes

“The proper study of Mankind is Everything.”
“The game of discontent has its rules, and he who disregards them cheats. It is not permitted to you to wish to add another's advantages or possessions to your own; you are permitted only to wish to be another.”
“It's always been about when I do theater, the audience is just a viewer, not taking part in what's onstage. Whereas if you're doing stand-up, it's inclusive.”

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“sooner or later the universe usually provides lessons of humility to those who need it the most.”
“There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame.”
“Has worrying about tomorrow every changed it?”
“And then there is the magnificent Thierry Henry - someone who has blistering pace and is unbelievable when he is finishing at his best.”
“[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work will never be anymore essentially clear and deep and honest than he himself is, and he will be judged finally not for how many copies his books have sold, but for what they have done to enrich the lives of their readers, now and in time to come.”

Source : Lawrence Clark Powell (1985). “Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell”, Univ of Arizona Pr

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