"I guess I'm just an old mad scientist at bottom. Give me an underground laboratory, half a dozen atom-smashers, and a beautiful girl in a diaphanous veil waiting to be turned into a chimpanzee, and I care not who writes the nation's laws."

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Source : 1944 Crazy Like a Fox,'Captain Future, BlockThat Kick'.

S. J. Perelman

#Beautiful Quotes #Girl Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.”

Source : Song: My Friends
“I absolutely hate Take That, East 17, the Spice Girls.”
“People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you.”
“I have advocated postal reform for many years. The parliament said it was an absurd argument. The people have said it was the right thing,”
“The world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find. But it wasn't near as lonesome as the one he left behind.”
“It's all in her walk, a cartoon swagger. Part Jayne Mansfield, part Muhammad Ali. Men never know if it's an invitation upstairs or an invitation outside.”

Source : Emma Forrest (2014). “Namedropper”, p.17, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets.”
“We add our voice ... to those who struggle for the recognition and protection for their rights and cultures, because to the extent that we respect our differences, we shall build a life with more justice.”

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