"...there is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there."

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Bret Easton Ellis

#Real Quotes #Hands Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“The original of morals lies with the thought that 'the community is more valuable than the individual' (Menschliches 2.1.89”
“What is â€¦ important is that we â€” number one: Learn to live with each other. Number two: try to bring out the best in each other. The best from the best, and the best from those who, perhaps, might not have the same endowment. And so this bespeaks an entirely different philosophy â€” a different way of life â€” a different kind of relationship â€” where the object is not to put down the other, but to raise up the other.”
“The great test of life is ... not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.”
“poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs.”

Source : Dervla Murphy (1987). “Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle”, p.56, The Overlook Press
“Often sit alone happy happy Thoughts somewhat far gone gone Clouds circle mountain soft soft Wind through valley swish swish Ape in tree bounce bounce Bird in forest chirp chirp Time turns hair gray gray Winter is here sad sad”
“I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.”
“Then I got the offer to play Buck Rogers, but I turned it down thinking it was a cartoon character. Well I was wrong, it wasn't at all. So I read the script and decided I liked the character, it had a good concept.”
“I love seeing guys on the worst possible day and watching them scramble.”

Source : "Duane Swierczynski dreams up a violent new cocktail for The Black Hood". Interview with Derrick Sanskrit, www.avclub.com. October 9, 2015.

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