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Joseph Heller quote: "They were the most depressing group of people Yossarian had..."
They were the most depressing group of people Yossarian had ever been with. They were always in high spirits. Joseph Heller
No, I’m not an American. I’m one of 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism. One of the … victims of democracy, nothing but disguised hypocrisy. So I’m not standing here speaking to you as an American, or a patriot, or a flag-saluter, or a flag-waver – no, not I! I’m speaking as a victim of this American system. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare! Malcolm X
Religious ideas have the fate of melodies, which, once set afloat in the world, are taken up by all sorts of instruments, some of them woefully coarse, feeble, or out of tune, until people are in danger of crying out that the melody itself is detestable. George Eliot
She could not explain or quite understand that it wasn't altogether jealousy she felt, it was rage. And not because she couldn't shop like that or dress like that. It was because that was what girls were supposed to be like. That was what men - people, everybody - thought they should be like. Beautiful, treasured, spoiled, selfish, pea-brained. That was what a girl should be, to be fallen in love with. Then she would become a mother and she'd be all mushily devoted to her babies. Not selfish... Alice Munro
There is wisdom in madness, and strong probability of truth in all accusations, for people are complete, and everybody is capable of everything. Joseph Heller
He made so many people uneasy. Everyone was always very friendly toward him, and no one was ever very nice; everyone spoke to him, and no one ever said anything. Joseph Heller
Now off the escalator and into the casino, big crowds still tight around the crap tables. Who are these people? These faces! Where do they come from? They look like caricatures of used-car dealers from Dallas. But they’re real. And, sweet Jesus, there are a hell of a lot of them – still screaming around these desert-city crap tables at four-thirty on a Sunday morning. Still humping the American Dream, that vision of the Big Winner somehow emerging from the last- minute pre-dawn chaos of a... Hunter S. Thompson
Susan Sontag quote: "Wherever people feel safe (...) they will be indifferent."
Wherever people feel safe (...) they will be indifferent. Susan Sontag
Here was a man who sincerely did not mind what people thought of him, and so convention had no hold on him; he was like a wrestler whose body is oiled; you could not get a grip on him; it gave him a freedom which was an outrage. W. Somerset Maugham
Cleveland Amory quote: "When you are communicating with new people you do not have to..."
When you are communicating with new people you do not have to know their names? after all, you've just met. Cleveland Amory
..All the shops have been smashed open. There was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?"Yeah" said Rincewind "..Luters I expect Terry Prachett
Joel Osteen quote: "You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with..."
You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people. Joel Osteen
James Agee quote: "Well, now, some people learn a little quicker than others...."
Well, now, some people learn a little quicker than others. It's nice to learn fast but it's nice to take your time too. James Agee
J. K. Rowling quote: "Ah, well, people can be stupid abou' their pets," said Hagrid..."
Ah, well, people can be stupid abou' their pets," said Hagrid wisely. J. K. Rowling
Dolly Parton quote: "I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people..."
I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger. Dolly Parton

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