"I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it."

-- Raymond Chandler

#Drinking Quotes #Beer Quotes #Men Quotes

“I naturally have an athletic build, thick legs yet a lean upper body. I filled out much later than all my classmates, and I thank God for it now. I had to learn to fix what I can and accept what I cannot fix...That's probably the hardest thing.”

Source : "Celebrity Body-Image Confessions: How They Turned Insecurities Into What They Love Most About Their Bods" by Anne Jensen, www.glamour.com.
“Now that I've reached 50, it has become important for me to sleep and wake up at my own pace. Otherwise, I'm completely zapped.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“What's weird is when you meet a girl who is 23 and you are talking to her, even her voice is high-pitched, she's young. You ask her how old she is, she says, 'Twenty-three, how old are you?' and when I tell her I'm 41 it's like I've just told her I have cancer. It's, 'Oh my God, how long have you had that?'”
“The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to be a temporary moderate consensus came to govern the country.”
“A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.”

Source : Mo Yan (2013). “Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh: A Novel”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the balcony.”
“It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts, and afflictions of life may, if rightly used, become the means of improvement, and create in us the sinews of strength.... the dross is left in the crucible, the baser metals are transmuted, and the character is enriched with gold.”
“Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.”

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