"Santa Monica was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But its not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is."

-- Art Alexakis

#Song Quotes #People Quotes #Friendly Quotes

“But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.”
“The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi is simply unable to defeat us militarily" and must therefore eventually be forced to compromise.”
“Matter can never give you joy. It's the Spirit that gives you joy.”
“We're all going to face extreme stress in our lives, there's no one who is going to escape that. That's the one thing, rich or poor, I don't care who you are, you're going to lose.”
“People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.”

Source : Mo Yan (2013). “The Republic of Wine: A Novel”, p.25, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“No longer is the body a temple to be worshipped as the house of God; it has become a commodified and regulated object that must be strictly monitored by its owner to prevent lapses into health-threatening behaviors as identified by risk discourse. For those with the socioeconomic resources to indulge in risk modification, this discourse may supply the advantages of a new religion; for others, this discourse has the potential to create anxiety and guilt, to promote hopelessness and fear of the future.”
“I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.”
“The Eerie Silence: are we alone in the universe?”

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