"Whoever said the soul and the body met in the pineal gland was a fool. It's the asshole, stupid."

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Source : André Aciman (2008). “Call Me by Your Name: A Novel”, p.141, Macmillan

AndrÃ© Aciman

#Stupid Quotes #Soul Quotes #Body Quotes

“There's a first time for everything when I'm involved.”
“Instead of the primitive raw material economy, we will create a smart economy generating unique knowledge, new useful things and technologies. Instead of the archaic society, in which the leaders think and make decisions for everyone, we will become a country of intelligent, free and responsible people”

Source : "Medvedev wants Russia to go hi-tech" by Maxim Tkachenko, edition.cnn.com. November 12, 2009.
“There are no unrealistic goals, only unrealistic deadlines.”
“How long is this endless groveling before every cry of 'racism' going to continue before the whole country collectively throws up?”
“You shouldn't be pressured into trying to be thin by the fashion industry, because they only want models that are like human mannequins. They know that if we see an outfit on a mannequin in a shop window we will love it and want to buy it whatever size we are. That's why they have size zero models - they want to sell clothes. But you have to remember that it's not practical or possible for an everyday woman to look like that. Being size zero is a career in itself so we shouldn't try and be like them. It's not realistic and it's not healthy.”
“there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.”

Source : Tom Brokaw (1998). “The Greatest Generation”, Random House Large Print Publishing
“The important man is not the artist, but the businessman who, in the marketplace and on the battlefield, holds the reins in his hands.”
“There is no doubt as to what needs to happen. There has to be a complete rejection of the type of terrorist attacks carried out in India.”

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