"I don't mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn't feel somehow right to be printing books in the U.S."

-- Dave Eggers

#Lying Quotes #Book Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Sundry manifestations of nature in men and women, are greatly perverted by existing social conventions upheld by both. There are feelings which, under our predatory rÃ©gime, with its adapted standard of propriety, it is not considered manly to show; but which, contrariwise, are considered admirable in women. Hence repressed manifestations in the one case, and exaggerated manifestations in the other; leading to mistaken estimates.”
“Remember the picture of the president in the classroom, being told of the attack by chief of staff Andy Card? The American people thought they were seeing a man suddenly thrust into a grave challenge no one could have anticipated.”
“We will have to go to win. There's no other option. We have one more match.”
“Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.”
“The wren and the nightingale sound nothing alike, but think how dull the world would be without the songs of both birds.-Miss Kanagawa”
“For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls!”
“I only really watch my own films, I don't watch any other films and I don't particularly like any other actors.”
“A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.”

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