"I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already caught them. The hard work's done, they can't escape. So if you want them dead, just drain the water out. Why bring guns into it?"

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Source : Craig Silvey (2010). “Jasper Jones”, p.208, Random House

Craig Silvey

#Mean Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Gun Quotes

“Heresy makes for progress.”
“People rarely bring flowers to a suicide.”

Source : Jennifer Niven (2015). “All the Bright Places”, p.303, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“If you look closely you'll find all my lovers inscribed on my skin.”

Source : Jill Ciment (2007). “The Tattoo Artist: A Novel”, p.33, Vintage
“I'm pretty good at putting up drywall and I'm an excellent kisser. That's pretty much all of my skills right there.”
“And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.”

Source : Thomas Reid (1827). “Essays on the powers of the human mind: An essay on quantity. An analysis of Aristotl's logic”, p.597
“I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. August 31, 2010.
“My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry.”
“With modeling, you are the client and you give them what they want... with music, it is all about you, people are buying into you as a person.”

Source : "Caprice Bourret...the sexiest fish in the pond". www.askmen.com.

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