"Believe me, those great death bed speeches are written ahead of time."

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Source : Scott Simon (2015). “Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime”, p.109, Macmillan

Scott Simon

#Believe Quotes #Speech Quotes #Bed Quotes

“I love writing songs.”
“It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola.”
“I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres still an affection for it.”
“We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes, we who have attended their funerals and cannot look into the eyes of their parents, we who have come from a land where parents bury their children, we who have fought against you, the Palestinians We say to you today in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears. Enough.”

Source : Remark to Palestinians upon signing of the IsraelPalestine Declaration, Washington, D.C., 13 Sept. 1993
“I'm no shrinking violet. I played hockey until half my teeth were knocked down my throat. And I'm extremely competitive on a tennis court. . . But that experience at the slaughterhouse overwhelmed me. When I walked out of there, I knew I would never again harm an animal! I knew all the physiological, economic, and ecological arguments supporting vegetarianism, but it was firsthand experience of man's cruelty to animals that laid the real groundwork for my commitment to vegetarianism.”

Source : Peter Burwash, John Tullius (1983). “Peter Burwash's Vegetarian Primer”, Atheneum Books
“It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.”
“Hoarding one's hurts hurts only the hoarder.”
“One quarter of what you buy will turn out to be mistakes.”

Source : Delia Ephron (1988). “Funny sauce”, Signet

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