"Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third."

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Source : Malcolm Lowry (1985). “Under the Volcano”

Malcolm Lowry

#Couple Quotes #Beer Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“Advise and you will feel superior. Serve and you will feel gratitude.”
“It's not enough to identify the Superobjective intellectually; you have to justify it, to find the emotional drive behind it. You need your own specific interpretation of the superobjective so that every time you think of it, it makes you emotional and drives you into action.”

Source : Larry Moss (2004). “The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor”, p.30, Bantam
“I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.”
“Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.”
“Strikes always leave a bad taste with everyone.”
“Begin today. Declare out loud to the universe that you are willing to let go of struggle and eager to learn through joy.”
“The law is for the self-righteous, to humble their pride: the gospel is for the lost, to remove their despair”
“A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.”

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