"I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body."

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Source : Entertaining Mr. Sloane act 1 (1964)

Joe Orton

#Envy Quotes #Body Quotes #Fifteen Quotes

“The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today”
“With tremendous clarity and wisdom, Daniel Tomasulo has crafted a memoir at once heartbreaking and uplifting. Layers of time and memoryâ€”childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle ageâ€”are so beautifully revealed here, a trenchant reminder that our pasts are alive inside of us. There are psychologists who can write, and writers who can psychologize, but rarely have the two met on the page with such moving, profound results.”
“Without love we could not survive. Human beings are social creatures, and a concern for each other is the very basis of our life together.”
“Obviously, success breeds more confidence. And it's pretty easy to be confident if you're getting a hit almost every time at bat.”
“they're the sort of people one invites to lunch or tea, but never to dinner.”
“I understand those who don't like me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“That's a heavy word, but picking up a newspaper every day, how can you not despair at what's happening in the world, and how we're represented as human beings? The disappointments and corruption are dismaying at every level. And the biggest source of evil is of course religion. Religions are tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshipping the same god.”
“Present mirth hath present laughter. What's to come is still unsure.”

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