"Los Angeles, give me some of you! Los Angeles come to me the way I came to you, my feet over your streets, you pretty town I loved you so much, you sad flower in the sand, you pretty town!"

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Source : John Fante (2002). “Ask The Dust”, p.3, Canongate Books

John Fante

#Flower Quotes #Feet Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty.”
“There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.”
“Fashion is like food! Some people like sushi, others think hamburgers are divine! People like different things!”
“There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter â€” an act.”
“The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.”
“I think I now understand why it is that the young are so very nostalgic. They have so little by way of personal history that they polish it up and make it shine like a treasured heirloom.”
“I have a theory about American men -- I think they think women are boys who don't know how to throw a ball very well. American women are forced into the role of being men without penises, of being men who haven't quite been able to make it. If women don't want to be pussycats, then they get forced into the role of being almost as good as men. Which is lousy.”
“People can be motivated to creativity simply with the instruction to "be creative."”

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