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[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

At times it seems as if arrang...

At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.

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. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Friendships, like marriages, a...

Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

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. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.

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. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Never write a letter if you ca...

Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!

John MacDonald 41 quotes

My purpose is to entertain mys...

My purpose is to entertain myself first and other people secondly.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Friendships like marriages are...

Friendships like marriages are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

A man with a credit card is in...

A man with a credit card is in hock to his own image of himself.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

In the morning I'm often anti-...

In the morning I'm often anti-semantic.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

New York is where it is going ...

New York is where it is going to begin, I think. You can see it coming. The insect experts have learned how it works with locusts. Until locust population reaches a certain density, they all act like any grasshoppers. When the critical point is reached, they turn savage and swarm, and try to eat the world. We're nearing a critical point. One day soon two strangers will bump into each other at high noon in the middle of New York. But this time they won't snarl and go on. They will stop and stare and then leap at each ot

John MacDonald 41 quotes

We were about to give up and c...

We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

...it isn't foolish or wicked ...

...it isn't foolish or wicked to enjoy. Wickedness is hurting people on purpose. I love what you are and who you are and how you are. You give me great joy. And you make horrible coffee.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

I want story, wit, music, wryn...

I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

You have to start knowing your...

You have to start knowing yourself so well that you begin to know other people. A piece of us is in every person we can ever meet.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

Night and gin and music-the ri...

Night and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way down closer to the essential self.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

People cannot endure inexplica...

People cannot endure inexplicable worthlessness

John MacDonald 41 quotes

This was not some pretty littl...

This was not some pretty little girl, coyly flirtatious, delicately stimulated. This was the mature female of the species, vivid, handsome and strong demanding that all the life within her be matched. Her instinct would detect any hedging, any dishonesty, any less than complete response to her - and then she would be gone for good.

John MacDonald 41 quotes

As I holed up in the City of A...

As I holed up in the City of Angels, I was also aware of a comforting feeling of anonymity. In the world's biggest third-class city I could pass unnoticed. I spoke the language. I was familiar with the currency. I could drink the water. I could almost breathe the air, late April air, compounded of interesting hydrocarbons.

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...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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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...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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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....