"Beware of seriousness: it is a form of stupidity"

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Source : Alexander Waugh (2008). “Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family”, p.453, Anchor

Alexander Waugh

#Stupidity Quotes #Form Quotes #Seriousness Quotes

“I have very few friends. I have a handful of close friends, and I have my family, and I haven't known life to be any happier.”
“If, like Harry Keogh, I could talk to the dead - God, there are an awful lot of people I would like to speak to! Not least my father. Being in the army for 22 years, I didnt see enough of him, and I know there are a great many things I could have learned from him.”

Source : "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. March 22, 2013.
“It makes me sad to hear girls constantly putting themselves down. We have these unbelievably high expectations of ourselves, when actually we're human beings and our bodies have a function.”
“There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group. That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad, to write a constitution and to open the way for elections. It is important that Bashar leaves in the beginning, not at the end of the process. This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Rome is not outside me, but inside me.. Her feverish sweetness, her tragic countryside, her own beauty and harmony, all these are mine, for my thought and my work.”
“You're kind of a smart ***** when you're not flat on your face.”
“Hide from change and it will hide from you”
“I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel very American. I belong.”

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