"We're all living contradictions, trying to survive in a world filled with hypocrites"

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Source : Eric Jerome Dickey (2003). “Between Lovers”, p.32, Penguin

Eric Jerome Dickey

#Hypocrite Quotes #Trying Quotes #World Quotes

“What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.”
“Singing in front of people. It's like having your heart beat outside of you.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“One of the questions that I often get is, 'Why are you running to be President?'. To Be President! What did I miss? I'm not running to go to Disneyland.”
“The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.”
“What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.”
“Above all we want people to remember that there are three values we bring to this country. Family, God and hard work.”
“The techno-industrial system is exceptionally tough due to its so-called "democratic" structure and its resulting flexibility. Because dictatorial systems tend to be rigid, social tensions and resistance can be built up in them to the point where they damage and weaken the system and may lead to revolution. But in a "democratic" system, when social tension and resistance build up dangerously the system backs off enough, it compromises enough, to bring the tensions down to a safe level.”
“Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.”

Source : "Becket". Play by Jean Anouilh, Act 1, 1959.

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