"Superciliousness is not safe after all, because a person who forms the habit of wearing it may some day find his lower lip grown permanently projected beyond the upper, so that he can't get it back, and must go through life looking like the King of Spain."

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Source : Newton Booth Tarkington (2015). “Gentle Julia”, p.2, Booklassic

Booth Tarkington

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“You’re not looking at Morris Cerullo; you’re looking at God; you’re looking at Jesus.”
“Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.”
“A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to.”
“I'm the luckiest man alive, this is the best day of my life.”
“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.”
“I've got an odd, negative bond with C. Montgomery Burns. He reminds a lot of people of bosses they've worked for. He certainly reminds me of someone I'm working for”

Source : "Harry Shearer: The Voices in My Head". Interview with Tim Noakes, www.dazeddigital.com. May 14, 2015.
“The woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine; hers is not to preserve a man-made world, but to create a human world by the infusion of the feminine element into all of its activities.”
“Insurrection is the last remedy, especially when the people have acquired the belief that peaceful means to secure the remedies for evils prove futile.”

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