"Normalcy was a majority concept, the standard of many and not the standard of just one man."

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Source : Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett

Richard Matheson

#Men Quotes #Majority Quotes #Normalcy Quotes

“Yet another last night. The last night at home, the last night in the ghetto, the last night in the train, and, now, the last night in Buna. How much longer were our lives to be dragged out from one 'last night' to another?”
“For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.”
“Modern Americans are so exposed, peered at, inquired about, and spied upon as to be increasingly without privacy--members of a ;naked society and denizens of a goldfish bowl.”
“I'm not a fan of simulations. Where, 'Oh, we'll go play a simulation of world peace and figure out how to make peace' and then somehow magically that will get translated into the real world. No, that's not the kind of games that I make.”
“Anyway, how are you and Ramona doing?' Uh... you know. Pretty good.' Have you said the L-Word yet?' The L-Word? You mean? Lesbian?' Uh... No. The other L-Word.' ?' Okay. Uh, It's "love." I wasn't trying to trick you or anything.”
“There's so much more freedom in film as far as subject matter and what can be said. And then, also, the process is different because there's more time. On movies there's just so much freedom and space to explore in front of the camera.”

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“Don't be so fast, you're all you've got.”

Source : Rita Dove (2016). “Collected Poems: 1974-2004”, p.165, W. W. Norton & Company
“The fastest way to still the mind is to move the body”

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