"in California death is one of the most successfully kept secrets there is. If you doubt this, try to find a cemetery."

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Source : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Viking Pr

Sheila Ballantyne

#California Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Secret Quotes

“There was a thing called Heaven; but all the same they used to drink enormous quantities of alcohol.”
“But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.”

Source : "Christian Bale May Kill Someone Yet". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. November 15, 2010.
“It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one.”
“The Original Sin which brought us to the brink of bankruptcy and dictatorship was the Federal Income Tax Amendment and its illegitimate child, Federal Aid.”
“Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.”
“War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.”
“The flowers, the gorgeous, mystic multi-coloured flowers are not the flowers of life, but people, yes people are the true flowers of life, and it has been a most precious pleasure to have temporarily strolled in your garden.”
“I love the fact that this art might somehow affect the way people see, and thus open a window on the world.”

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