"No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious."

-- Merrill Markoe

#Country Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Facts Quotes

“It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.”
“Some women want the strong silent type, so they can tell him to shut up and rearrange the furniture.”
“In the APS (American Physical Society) it is ok to discuss whether the mass of the proton changes over time and how a multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is incontrovertible? The claim (how can you measure the average temperature of the whole earth for a whole year?) is that the temperature has changed from ~288.0 to ~288.8 degree Kelvin in about 150 years, which (if true) means to me is that the temperature has been amazingly stable, and both human health and happiness have definitely improved in this 'warming' period.'”
“The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.”
“I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.”
“All novelists should live in two different worlds: a real one and an unreal one.”
“I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.”
“O how feeble is man's power, that if good fortune fall, cannot add another hour, nor a lost hour recall!”

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