"For centuries the word 'nature' has been used to bolster prejudices or to express, not reality, but a state of affairs that the user would wish to see."

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Eva Figes

#Reality Quotes #Wish Quotes #Prejudice Quotes

“Dull magic is a collection of tricks: great magic should sting.”

Source : "On Deception". Book by Harry Houdini, foreword, 2009.
“I have been recognized from 'Mad Men,' and it's so cool when that happens because I am so proud to be a part of the show.”
“Even a cursory reading of the book of Ecclesiastes shows that culture is a stationary bike that each generation climbs on in hopes of getting somewhere only to die and fall off so that the new young stud can take his turn peddling and, like a fool, make pronouncements about his progress. We would be wise to see postmodernity as simply the new guy on the old bike and not mistake cultural change for kingdom progress.”
“Underneath this little stone Lies Robert Earl of Huntington; No other archer was so good - And people called him Robin Hood. Such outlaws as he and his men Will England never see again.”

Source : Roger Lancelyn Green (2010). “The Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.242, Penguin UK
“Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?”

Source : "Word Origin Comics: Being a Prude While Maintaining Your Pride" by Larry Paros, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2015.
“There are many ways of performing the operations successfully. I can claim, however, to be in a position to explain how not to putt. I think I know as well as anybody how not to do it.”

Source : Harry Vardon (1989). “Vardon On Golf”, p.106, BookBaby
“People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to feel like a meal eaten long ago, which you remember with great tenderness.”

Source : Meg Wolitzer (2011). “The Uncoupling: A Novel”, p.8, Penguin
“Horror is so often a 'thinkless' genre, sort of considered popcorn movies, but you really put a lot of, not just heart and soul, but a lot of physical energy into it.”

Source : "Fran Kranz on Dollhouse, Cabin In The Woods, and Much Ado About Nothing". Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. September 21, 2012.

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