"The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple."

-- Alice Munro

#Mean Quotes #Simple Quotes #Chaos Quotes

“If I were to say that I grew up in East Los Angeles in the projects poor, I assumed that everybody understood that it came with its own reasons for being the way I am. I didn't get that people needed to understand where my comedy came from; I thought that they knew that. Now I tell people.”

Source : "A Comedian’s Act Is Leaner but Not Meaner". Interview with Joel Keller, www.nytimes.com. November 25, 2011.
“There's something about the weekend, even for non-religious people, that feels sacred, so a violation of that sanctified time is almost a betrayal, something blasphemous. The sabbath is the edict to break from work. It was God's call-out to the slave to protect an identity beyond labourer - no production and consumption, just one day a week.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I've always thought live albums were cop-outs.”
“Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.”
“Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.”
“Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who donâ€™t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.”
“Of course many bars in Manhasset, like bars everywhere, were nasty places, full of pickled people marinating in regret.”

Source : J. R. Moehringer (2005). “The Tender Bar: A Memoir”
“If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would. [. . .] Only 7% of Americans are hunters. That means there are more of us than there are of them. It is simply a matter of democracy. The majority rules in a democracy. We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States. . . We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it state by state.”

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