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Germaine Greer Quotes

Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it.

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Dirk turned on the car wipers, which grumbled because they didn't have quite enough rain to wipe away, so he turned them off again. Rain quickly speckled the windscreen. He turned on the wipers again, but they still refused to feel that the exercise was worthwhile, and scraped and squeaked in protest. Douglas Adams
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Kevin Spacey quote: "I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and..."
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Gemma Arterton quote: "Music is my biggest passion aside from anything else."
Music is my biggest passion aside from anything else. Gemma Arterton
If you want quality service, you have to pay for it. You don't buy into waste. I have great misgivings about the amount of advertising that we see in the health care field, some by hospitals, a lot by drug companies. Dave Obey
A girl is like a young tree, she said. You must stand tall and listen to your mother standing next to you. That is the only way to grow strong and straight. But if you bend to listen to other people, you will grow crooked and weak. You will fall to the ground with the first strong wind. And then you will be like a weed, growing wild in any direction, running along the ground until someone pulls you out and throws you away. Amy Tan
John Steinbeck quote: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. John Steinbeck
Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness."...On the other hand, he SAID it. Art Spiegelman
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The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents. Charles de Lint
Art in relation to life is nothing more than a glove turned inside out. It seems to have the same shapes and contours, but it can never be used for the same purpose. Art teaches nothing about life, just as life teaches us nothing about art. Morton Feldman
Woody Guthrie quote: "Take it easy, but take it."
Take it easy, but take it. Woody Guthrie
To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill Sun Tzu
We have to face it: in America today the way to have fun and celebrate is to break a store window and take something. That's the way it is, today in America, and we have to accept it. Richard J. Daley