"Worried about dry skin? Concerned about lines and wrinkles? Then visit a burns unit and get some perspective."

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Source : "The Micallef Program". Comedy, 1998–2001.

Shaun Micallef

#Wrinkles Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Skins Quotes

“pacifists lead a lonely life. Not even gathering together can take the place of that vast, warm sun of approval that is shed on motherhood, on law-abiding, on killing, and on making money. Someday will we come into our own? Well, motherhood may move into the shade. Law-abiding is going through a trauma. But killing and making money are good for a long, long time.”
“I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started”
“The message we give our bodies - one of irritation or acceptance - is the message to which our bodies will answer.”
“Every part of my body felt electric. My chest ached and my head throbbed with the great terrible limitless possibility of the morning, and when it came, the sky was washed white, everything was new, and I hadn't slept at all.”
“Normally, you have all this knowledge from all the films that you've done that you've accumulated over the years, and you can constantly look back when you're in some sort of fix and say, "Well, on so-and-so film, we did this, and it worked out fine." You can point to these things, and you can have that assurance.”

Source : "Blair Witch director Adam Wingard on his most straightforward movie yet". Interview with Katie Rife, film.avclub.com. September 22, 2016.
“My father left us three times when I was between three and six. You just couldn't tell - suddenly one day he would leave and then maybe he would come back after six months without telling you why. And then maybe he would disappear again after a year and it's very difficult to take when you are four or five. You just don't know how to handle it and nobody in the family wants to talk about it. My mother didn't know how to tell us and she needed to work because we needed money to live.”
“When you're expecting bad news you have to be prepared for it a long time ahead so that when the telegram comes you can already pronounce the syllables in your mouth before opening it.”

Source : Robert Pinget (1966). “Mahu: Or, The Material: a Novel”, Riverrun Press
“You have to be different, great or first.”

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