"Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential."

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Source : Will Cuppy (1929). “How to be a Hermit: Or, A Bachelor Keeps House”, Castrovilli Giuseppe

Will Cuppy

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“For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and I felt bad about writing it. I felt bad mainly as a writer and a thinker.”
“I'm always excited to carry more and more weight and responsibility within a story. It's all about putting my time in and showing people that I'm good and responsible and, hopefully, kicking ***** in every frame.”

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“I'm not interested in being one of those comedians who wants to look good and be this 'cool' funny person. I don't care how weird or ugly I look.”
“NC passed law against global warming science, therefore it's not happening. So I'm ignoring Twitter's 140-character limit, so it's not happ”
“Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.”
“Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.”
“In Russia whenever you encounter a minor official, he lets you know that he is above you and that you depend on him. It is reflected in the superpower mentality that nourishes the Kremlin. An empire always demands sacrifices from its people.”
“In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really.”

Source : "A Conversation with Parminder Nagra". Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. August 7, 2003.

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