"I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed-reading accident. I hit a bookmark."

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Steven Wright

#Reading Quotes #Speed Quotes #Bookmarks Quotes

“It is the great inspector, with a myriad eyes, who never sleeps, and whose daily reports are submitted, not to a functionary or department, but to the whole people.”
“There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.”
“The word â€˜slaveryâ€™ and â€˜rightâ€™ are contradictory, they cancel each other out. Whether as between one man and another, or between one man and a whole people, it would always be absurd to say: "I hereby make a covenant with you which is wholly at your expense and wholly to my advantage; I will respect it so long as I please and you shall respect it as long as I wish.”
“It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.”
“Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so.”
“One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.”
“My childhood was really comfortable and secure, but school was a nightmare. I was a lot taller than the other girls and they called me Gitte the giraffe.”

Source : "Brigitte Nielsen" by Nick McGrath, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2011.
“God does not create poverty; we do, because we do not share.”

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