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The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. ↗

— James Shirley

#armour #blood #crooked #crown #death

I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill. ↗

— John Shirley

#i #i think #instructive #paranoia #right

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before. ↗

— Ron Silver

#barbarism #before #century #exhibited #human

I peer through the spectral, polluted, nicotine-sodden windows of my sock at these old lollopers in their kiddie gear. Go home, I say. Go home, lie down, and eat lots of potatoes. I had three handjobs yesterday. None was easy. Sometimes you really have to buckle down to it, as you do with all forms of exercise. It's simply a question of willpower. Anyone who's got the balls to stand there and tell me that a handjob isn't exercise just doesn't know what he's talking about. I almost had a heart-attack during number three. I take all kinds of other exercise too. I walk up and down the stairs. I climb into cabs and restaurant booths. I hike to the Butcher's Arms and the London Apprentice. I cough a lot. I throw up pretty frequently, which really takes it out of you. I sneeze, and hit the tub and the can. I get in and out of bed, often several times a day. ↗

— Martin Amis

#exercise #masturbation #home

I am of opinion that it is highly requisite forthwith to pass a law, prohibiting upon great penalties all trade with our enemies, and more especially the supplying of them with arms, ammunition or provisions of any kind whatsoever. ↗

— William Shirley

#ammunition #any #arms #especially #great

We all know what happens to first ladies who shoot their mouths off. ↗

— Maria Shriver

#happens #know #ladies #mouths #off

Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic. ↗

— Bobby Short

#even #opera #position #problematic #tenor

Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again. ↗

— Ben Shneiderman

#art #combined #engineering #kind #leonardo

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#deal #few #get #i #never

Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#demons #does #done #ever #give