"Take a walk on the wild side."

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Source : "Walk on the Wild Side" (song) (1972)

Lou Reed

#Journey Quotes #Hiking Quotes #Sides Quotes

“How in the world any one weighing 185 pounds can be cute is beyond me.”
“My sister started acting professionally when she was twelve, but I wanted to go to college first”
“A child lies like a grey pebble on the shore until a certain teacher picks him up and dips him in water, and suddenly you see all the colours and patterns in the dull stone, and itâ€™s marvelous for the stone and marvelous for the teacher.”
“Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Williams Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King - indeed, the majority of great reformers in American history - were not only motivated by faith, but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause. To say that men and women should not inject their "personal morality" into public policy debates is a practical absurdity.”
“Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others.”
“We Americans, or half of Americans, think health care is a commodity. Other countries view health care as a social service that should be collectively financed and available to everyone on equal terms. My wife and I just interviewed the German minister of health, and it was an exhilarating experience, because it was a totally different language. It was obviously important that everyone should have the same deal in health care.”
“Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.”
“Much time and money has gone into computer chess programs, and so far, no one's figured out how to crack the game, which I think speaks to chess's complexity.”

Source : "Post Magazine: The King of Dupont Circle". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. October 1, 2007.

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