"On the wall of our life together hung a gun waiting to be fired in the final act."

-- Mary McCarthy

#Wall Quotes #Gun Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me.”
“Some people work hard to be something that they're not, and I don't work at all, I'm just me. And that can bother anybody I'm not working nearly as hard as the other guys, and they don't like it.”
“The man that gets drunk is little else than a fool, And is in the habit, no doubt, of advocating for Home Rule; But the best Home Rule for him, as far as I can understand, Is the abolition of strong drink from the land.”

Source : William Topaz McGonagall, “The Demon Drink”
“But if the gods do not exist at all - then we are lost,' I said. On the contrary - we are found!' said Aesop. But when we are afraid, who can we turn to, if not the gods?' Ourselves. We turn to ourselves anyway. We only pretend there are gods and that they care about us. It is a comforting falsehood.”
“The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s.”
“Having plants and flowers in my space makes me feel very calm and Zen. For me, its important to meditate every morning to be very clear in the head, and nature really helps me do the same thing.”
“If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.”
“If you're offered something, you're not really sure exactly what is that they saw in you that they think is the character so it's a little scary, I feel.”

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