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Now it stands to reason, miste...

Now it stands to reason, mister, any damn fool stares into the sun long enough, he'll end up seeing exactly what some other damn fool tells him he's going to see.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

I am wary of the whole dreary ...

I am wary of the whole dreary deadening structured mess that we have built into such a glittering top-heavy structure that there is nothing left to see but the glitter, and the brute routines of maintaining it.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Now each one of us, black or w...

Now each one of us, black or white, is a symbol. The war is out in the open and the skin color is a uniform. All the deep and basic similarities of the human condition are forgotten so that we can exaggerate the few differences that exist.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

If the cards are stacked again...

If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Way over half the murders comm...

Way over half the murders committed in this country are by close friends or relatives of the deceased. A gun makes a loud and satisfying noise in a moment of passion and requires no agility and very little strength. How many murders wouldn't happen, if they all had to use hammers and knives?

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Being an adult means accepting...

Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

To enjoy enduring success we s...

To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

We have been endowed with the ...

We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them automatically in the outer world of our environment.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

[To] me organized religion, th...

[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Integrity is not a conditional...

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

If you would be thrilled by wa...

If you would be thrilled by watching the galloping advance of a major glacier, you'd be ecstatic watching changes in publishing.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Up with life. Stamp out all sm...

Up with life. Stamp out all small and large indignities. Leave everyone alone to make it without pressure. Down with hurting. Lower the standard of living. Do without plastics. Smash the servo-mechanisms. Stop grabbing. Snuff the breeze and hug the kids. Love all love. Hate all hate.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

The only thing that prisons de...

The only thing that prisons demonstrably cure is heterosexuality.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

I am not suited to the role of...

I am not suited to the role of going around selling the life-can-be-beautiful idea. It can be, indeed. But you don't buy the concept from your friendly door-to-door lecture salesman.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

It's no good telling somebody ...

It's no good telling somebody they're trying too hard. It's very much like ordering a child to go stand in a corner for a half hour and never once think about elephants.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

The only thing in the world wo...

The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

When you see the ugliness behi...

When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Old friend, there are peopleЂ'...

Old friend, there are peopleЂ'young and oldЂ'that I like, and people that I do not like. The former are always in short supply. I am turned off by humorless fanaticism, whether it's revolutionary mumbo-jumbo by a young one, or loud lessons from scripture by and old one. We are all comical, touching, slapstick animals, walking on our hind legs, trying to make it a noble journey from womb to tomb, and the people who can't see it all that way bore hell out of me.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

The dividing line [between fri...

The dividing line [between friends and acquaintances] is communication, I think. A friend is someone to whom you can say any jackass thing that enters your mind. With acquaintances, you are forever aware of their slightly unreal image of you, and to keep them content, you edit yourself to fit. Many marriages are between acquaintances. You can be with a person for three hours of your life and have a friend. Another will remain an acquaintance for thirty years.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

All thinking is done with the ...

All thinking is done with the glands. Logic is added later to tidy things up.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....