"The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself."

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Source : Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2445, Library of Alexandria

Robert Green Ingersoll

#Honesty Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Character Quotes

“To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that constitutes the subject of much of my early fiction.”
“It's a culture. It's - I mean, people obsess over this. And people create subcultures that identify - and there are people in the streets who will recognize certain patterns and signifiers.”
“If you canâ€™t decide what to do, get on the road. You wonâ€™t find the answer. It will find you.”
“You make New Year's resolutions. And you make them into the teeth of old resolutions which were different. Then you don't keep your new resolutions and you tell yourself you are weak-willed. You aren't weak-willed, you are simply obeying yourself as of yesterday.”
“Broadway purists may deplore the influx of movie-spinoff musicals in recent years, wishing someone would turn off the popcorn machine and let more imaginative brainstorms blow through.”
“Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.”
“It's interesting in American culture. We like to build people up and then push them off the pedestal, and then we want to see them come back. Like Britney Spears, and a lot of people, it's what we do, and it's not like that in other parts of the world.”

Source : "From 'Dirt Nasty' To 'Rex': An Uncensored Interview With Celeb-Skewering Simon Rex". Interview with Steve Krakauer, www.mediaite.com. July 13, 2009.
“Some guys can run fast, some guys can sing, I found I could take photographs that people were interested in.”

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