"My dad and I are very different people. For example, he's been stabbed; I'm afraid of bugs. He's a mechanic; I once had to exchange a "broken" rental car because I didn't realize I was driving around with the parking brake on. I could keep going, but you get it."

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Source : Source: www.glamour.com

Jason Mulgrew

#Dad Quotes #People Quotes #Broken Quotes

“He would have lied to himself as facilely as an alcoholic lies to himself to justify the 10 a.m. tumbler of vodka : it may be early here, but in Baghdad it's almost evening.”
“If I could do it over, I'd do better.”
“The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of oppression, if they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.”

Source : "Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant". Book by Ulysses S. Grant. Chapter 16, www.gutenberg.org. 1885.
“I read On the Road in maybe 1959. It changed my life like it changed everyone else's.”
“Our economic order is tightly woven around the exploitation of animals, and while it may seem easy to dismiss concern about animals as the soft-headed mental masturbation of people who really don't understand oppression and the depths of actual human misery, I hope to get you to think differently about suffering and pain, to convince you that animals matter, and to argue that anyone serious about ending domination and hierarchy needs to think critically about bringing animals into consideration.”
“I couldnâ€™t live with myself if I thought nothing could get better.”
“Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.”

Source : "Vera Drake: Imelda Staunton about Mike Leigh". Interview with Emanuel Levy, emanuellevy.com. February 9, 2005.
“By the unification of architecture, sculpture and painting a new plastic reality will be created.”

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