"The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics"

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Source : Jonathan Alter (2008). “Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture”

Jonathan Alter

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“Playing God is actually the highest expression of human nature. The urges to improve ourselves, to master our environment, and to set our children on the best path possible have been the fundamental driving forces of all of human history. Without these urges to â€˜play Godâ€™, the world as we know it wouldnâ€™t exist today.”
“In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol and it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.”

Source : "Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations". Book by Ned Sherrin, 2008.
“I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films”
“The road I've taken to this point has not been easy. Being back on HBO is a big thing, but fighting on HBO in my hometown is huge. To be great you have to fight the best. Chad has beaten the best so these are the type fights I want to take. I will put on a great show for all the fans that come out to Oracle Arena.”
“The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of multitudes, displayed in a newspaper, are so many admonitions and warnings, so many beacons, continually burning, to turn others from the rocks on which they have been shipwrecked.”
“The issue of motherhood is no longer salient. In fact, the very first female bomber for Hamas posed in her last will and testament video with her two kids.”
“Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.”
“I've read and heard a lot of unbelievable stuff about those times when people lived in freedom -- that is, in disorganized wildness.”

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