"The gyms you go to are crowded with guys trying to look like men, as if being a man means looking the way a sculptor or an art director says."

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Chuck Palahniuk

#Art Quotes #Mean Quotes #Men Quotes

“[On travel:] Who would be so besotted as to die without having made at least the round of this, his prison?”
“A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers. Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn't hers to command. Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn't obey us, that means it's only a deception. Don't fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don't fall for it. Its all a deception.”
“Liberals and international diplomats (a distinction without a difference) have notorious difficulty understanding how to deal with totalitarian regimes.”
“I'm often in conversations with people who have learning disabilities, and they talk about how they were teased and perhaps laughed at sometimes as children. That was never the case with me. Maybe it was something about my personality, my temperament, but I don't ever remember being teased. I remember the awkwardness of leaving class to go to a special class, but that's all.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.”
“Read much, but not many works.”
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”

Source : Thornton Wilder (1958). “The Cabala ; The Woman of Andros”
“Praise be Allah and prayers and peace upon Mohammed.”

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