"you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces."

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Source : A Confederacy of Dunces (published 1980), ch.9, pt.1.

John Kennedy Toole

#Government Quotes #Space Quotes #People Quotes

“There is no book which tells of a more infamous monster than the Old Testament, with its Jehovah of murder and cruelty and revenge, unless it be the New Testament, which arms its God with hell, and extends his outrages throughout all eternity!”
“Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.”
“I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.”

Source : "Cameron Monaghan's Dream Prom Night!". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. April 13, 2011.
“I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.”
“A little black dress is something to rely on. To fill you with confidence and ease. To have an attitude that is pure and effortless, yet sexy and classy.”
“The best way to stop Messi is when you play with 11 men and then you can double mark him, one player to stay on him and the other to help out. If it is 11 against 10 then you have almost no chance of stopping him.”

Source : "Mourinho takes pressure off stars". www.cnn.com. March 6, 2006.
“I remember once visiting an outdoor exhibition of sculpture in Arnhem, the Netherlands. One of the artists had placed this notice at the base of a majestic beech: "Statues are hewn by fools like me: only God could make this tree." The Taoists looked at the inside of the tree. They saw God present, not as the super-sculptor, but as the primal force from which the tree drew its being and its specific form. Becoming aware of this divine origin was for them "great knowledge," to be distinguished from the "small knowledge" of our petty, every-day existence.”
“I found my prince - he's a hockey player and we met at an NHL event, the last place I'd ever expect to meet someone, but there he was.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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