"There may be something universal about idealizing the past, but I think it's taken to an absurd degree in New York, which is what I'm poking fun at. The hole-in-the-wall bars I went to in the 90s that smelled like sewage now enjoy legendary status, as if times were had there that could never be had anywhere else."

-- Vestal McIntyre

#New York Quotes #Wall Quotes #Fun Quotes

“So people have been hurting and I understand that. And it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them, you know, but for me, we would be in a worldwide depression.”
“Dollars have never been known to produced character, and character will never be produced by money.”
“The truly important things in life - love, beauty, and one's own uniqueness - are constantly being overlooked.”
“Jolly boating weather, And a hay harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade off the trees.”

Source : 'Eton Boating Song' in 'Eton Scrap Book' (1865). E. Parker 'Floreat' (1923) p. 109
“If writers were too wise, perhaps no books would get written at all. It might be better to ask yourself 'Why?â€'afterwards than before There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.”
“Every job I've ever gotten has been an accident. All the jobs I actually go after, I don't get.”
“History repeats itself over and over again, but most of us have short memories.”
“Really, I'm a neurotic perfectionist. Every single word in the script is the one that I want.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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