"Boswell's Johnson is the word made flesh... an extemporaneous man talking himself into the thick of every occasion (in a world ofoccasions if nothing else) and therefore no monument at all but all that can be saved of a man alive in the pages of a book."

-- Marvin Mudrick

#Book Quotes #Men Quotes #Talking Quotes

“If there were mistakes, there were mistakes. But a man has to have a line of work, no?”

Source : "Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs, and the Press". Book by Alexander Cockburn, p. 184, 1998.
“Politics must not be separated from religious values; religion must not be separated from political responsibility.”

Source : Joel C. Hunter (2011). “New Kind of Conservative (Large Print 16pt)”, p.171, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Whoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production.”
“It seems to me that it had no other rationale than to show that we are not simply the country of entertainers, but also that of engineers and builders called from across the world to build bridges, viaducts, stations and major monuments of modern industry, the Eiffel Tower deserves to be treated with consideration.”
“Critic, relent!Your hope for repentanceWill meet with disapppointment.For this is the life,Not desert tents,Not camel's milk!”
“I have respectfully declined the president's invitation to the White House today.”
“I can have a song with Ariana Grande that is going to be the song for all the kids and the teen girls, and then another song that could be for a different group of people who all love the song. Im with whoever. Whatever type of people want to love the music and whatever they love about the music is fine with me.”
“You can't build a vocabulary without reading. You can't meet friends if you ... stay at home by yourself all the time. In the same way, you can't build up a vocabulary if you never meet any new words. And to meet them you must read. The more you read the better.”

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