"My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite."

-- Graham Swift

#Opposites Quotes #Upbringing Quotes

“For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.”
“If you guys are interested in getting any kind of animal, definitely go and adopt.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“One can rarely achieve greatness on the path of least resistance.”
“I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.”
“I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the economy. It might be technically possible, but it is not realistic.”
“The wheel of government will continue to work, even as these people come in and we wait for them, but the issue is, there's always one thing, that a new administration confronts.For the Bush administration, it was terrorism. For this administration, it's going to be cyber-security, not Russian hacking. That's a symptom of the bigger problem, but the bigger issue of cyber, how they deal with that. So, we may see something else we're not anticipating. That's going to be their challenge.”
“John Frances, Entertainment Chair, of the Friars Club: Of all the roasts that I have produced for the Friars Club, this is the one that I am most excited about. Mickey is one of the Club's dearest friends, and we wanted to honor him in the way we know best.”
“I modeled from the time I was 15 until I was 20.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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