"The occupation is really terrible on a variety of levels. It's terrible on the "shooting people and torturing people in prison" level. But I think the thing that is very hard to convey is that it's also this bureaucratic grinding-down and daily humiliation that I think would probably be as horrible as the spectacular violence."

-- Molly Crabapple

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Down And Quotes

“As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.”
“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.”
“Life's too awesome to waste your time thinking about someone who doesn't treat you right.”

Source : Twitter post from May 15, 2009
“Lord please break the laws of the universe for my convenience. Amen.”
“I've been called a racist before, and let me tell you something - that is harsh. That's a really ugly thing to call someone. That's like being called a Mexican.”
“Buy groceries and feed yourself, even on the road”
“I used to go and do some sitting in with Robert Nighthawk when he were playing at the 708 Club in Chicago. He was a tremendous slideman. I never saw him do anything other than play the slide. I never just saw him just use his hand. He always used a slide. He had a little-bitty drummer we called "Shorty". He was about that high [hand gesture]. And he was his drummer. That's all he had was a slide guitar and a drummer.”
“To me, it's a little odd to ever think 'model into actor.' I modeled once. I was about as far from a decent model as you can possibly be. I did not enjoy the world at all. I fell in my stilettos quite a bit.”

Source : "FUTURES: Analeigh Tipton, One of Whit Stillman’s ‘Damsels in Distress’" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. Apr 05, 2012.

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