"The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war."

-- Stanley Crouch

#War Quotes #Hate Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“I stand by whatever I read from Univision.”
“The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve; he made 'em both a little bit naive.”

Source : "Finian's Rainbow (The Begat)". Book by Yip Harburg and Fred Saidy, 1947.
“The happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether they are or not.”
“I can say that the happiest period of my life has been since I emerged from the shadows and superstitions of the old theologies, relieved from all gloomy apprehensions of the future, satisfied that as my labors and capacities were limited to this sphere of action, I was responsible for nothing beyond my horizon, as I could neither understand nor change the condition of the unknown world. Giving ourselves, then, no trouble about the future, let us make the most of the present, and fill up our lives with earnest work here.”
“The vast majority of people are unthinking prejudice machines.”
“Tomorrow never really comes, so todays performance is what really counts.”
“So often we wait for the climate and conditions in life to be perfect before we feel safe enough to step forward, trust, and be our authentic selves. What we don't realize is that in order to create the ideal climate we are waiting for, we must be authentic first.”
“I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll.”

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