"In my opinion turkey is the most over-rated critter for eating purposes in kingdom come but the most striking example we have of the power of propaganda."

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Source : Damon Runyon (1946). “Short Takes: Readers' Choice of the Best Columns of America's Favorite Newspaperman, Damon Runyon”

Damon Runyon

#Power Quotes #Turkeys Quotes #Example Quotes

“People mistakenly believe that if you do nothing but train you can only get better. You've got to work hard, but the harder you work the harder you must rest and relax.”
“If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing, she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing.”
“If certain acts of violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us.”
“I'm passionate and I travel the world not just as a tourist but to understand cultures... I've lived with Masai tribe... I travel the world and bring it back in the form of a research book that would become the starting point for the collection.”

Source : "Girl Least Likely To: 30 years of fashion, fasting and Fleet Street". Book by Liz Jones, July 4, 2013.
“Harry Potter achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read and enjoy a childrens book.”
“Anytime you can promote young artists and designers is a cool thing.”
“All I'm looking for is a guy who'll do what I want, when I want, for as long as I want, and then go away. Or wait nearby, like a Dust Buster, charged up and ready when needed.”
“Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of ethics class or civics classâ€”or worse, some kind of self-help manual. In fact, the important thing is the way the writer uses the language.”

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