"We need not seek our own best selves, and in the meantime we inoculate ourselves against the viruses of age and idealism, which, as the advertising agencies well know, depress sales and sour the feasts of consumption."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

#Depressing Quotes #Agency Quotes #Self Quotes

“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
“Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.”

Source : Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “Where the Dark Streets Go”, p.71, Open Road Media
“In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class.”

Source : "Mountain of Snakes (Part II)" by Sean Penn, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 30, 2008.
“Perhaps itâ€™s time, I muse, to close those chapters and remember the enduring lesson of my entrapment: that relationships, not accomplishments, are whatâ€™s important in life.”
“We only said goodbye with words I died a hundred time, you go back to her and I go back to black...”
“L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.”
“Catherine Deneuve is the man I've always wanted to be.”
“God be thanked for the thinkers of good and noble thoughts! It wakes up all the best in ourselves, to come into close contact with others greater and better in every way than we are.”

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