"We shared the smile of recognizing ourselves in each other."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Recognizing Quotes

“The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry.”
“Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.”
“It is not age which killed Boston, for no cities die of age; it is the youth of other cities.”
“Some of the politicians in this country, in their feverish search for group acceptance, are ready to endorse tumultuous confrontation as a substitute for debate, and the most illogical and unfitting extensions of the Bill of Rights as protections for psychotic and criminal elements in our society. We have seen all too clearly that there are mennow in power in this countrywho do not represent authority, who cannot cope with tradition, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support revolution as long as it is done with a cultured voice and a handsome profile.”

Source : "The Impudent Snobs" by John R. Coyne, Jr., (p. 324), 1972.
“I think dancing is one of the best things anyone can do for themselves. And it doesn't cost anything.”
“I don't want to produce anyone that doesn't want to be produced by me.”
“Remember that all tax revenue is the result of holding a gun to somebody's head. Not paying taxes is against the law. If you don't pay your taxes, you'll be fined. If you don't pay the fine, you'll be jailed. If you try to escape from jail, you'll be shot. ... Therefore, every time the government spends money on anything, you have to ask yourself, 'Would I kill my kindly, gray-haired mother for this?'”
“As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.”

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