"We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left."

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Source : Sarah Vowell (2013). “Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

Sarah Vowell

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Individuality Quotes

“money that is in billions and monopolies isn't money at all, because the people have none, and money is democratic, everyone has to have some or there's none at all.”
“I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and Strauss before me. I think my work could fit very nicely into musicals, though.”
“What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else that the default condition of historical trajectories is characteristically beneficial in the long-run.”
“It is general knowledge for anyone interested in color that subdued value, intensity and hue make for quieter, less adventuresome interiors. Stronger approaches need stronger knowledge, more experience and flair.”
“In times past...it was my habit to talk glibly of the right of man to land. It was a bad habit, and I long ago sloughed it off. Man's only right to land is his might over it. If his neighbor is mightier than he and takes the land from him, then the land is his neighbor's, until the latter is dispossessed by one mightier still.”
“For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.”
“I love exploring the past lives, just because I think it adds so much dimension to a personality.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.”

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