"On the approach of spring, I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Spring Quotes #Crowds Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.”

Source : Lester Bangs (1988). “Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung”, Anchor Books
“First time I saw an alligator gar I damn near threw up. They ain't natural anything get that big. It's ten feet long and three feet at the girth. Not one of God's creations like you and meSome say they ain't afraid of alligator gar fish. Bullshit. You look at that thing. It's big and mean. Swallow both of us. Them people say they ain't afraid tellin' lies.”
“I can't wait to see The Grinch. It's so out of the world. Every time a movie like that comes out, I'm stoked. It's like real life.”
“It is useless to send armies against ideas.”
“Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life. If you say you're going to do something, make sure you do it. Just try never to let people down.”
“I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I'm confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption.”
“God's dreams might be bigger and better and something completely unexpected. So I just try to follow what He's go day in and day out. I'm here to live for Him no matter what that looks like or where I might be.”
“Americans live in a country where African-American young men are twenty-five times more likely to lose their lives at the hands of the police than their white counterparts.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com

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