#na

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#bleeds #contagion #death #hell #lets

Human nature is not of itself vicious. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#human nature #itself #nature #vicious

I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock. ↗

— Brad Paisley

#big #big fan #blues #cd #classical

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal. ↗

— Debi Thomas

#doing #emotional #emotional thing #heart #medal

I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#always #conventional way #get #heartbreaking #i

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it? ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#anyone #anything #archetypal #breakfast #freedom

Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#consolation #finally #give #god #maybe

Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#absolutely #emotionally #everything #filled #get

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life. ↗

— Grace Paley

#career #divides #divisive #life #normal

Put your middle finger and your thumb together. And make it snappy.
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— Jarod Kintz

#humor #silly #snap #thumb #funny