“A naked lunch is natural to us
We eat reality sandwiches.
But allegories are so much lettuce.
Don't hide the madness.”
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We eat reality sandwiches.
But allegories are so much lettuce.
Don't hide the madness." by Allen Ginsberg?
Allen Ginsberg 76
American poet 1926–1997Related quotes
Source: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909)
“This sandwich used to include endive, but no one wanted to eat a BELT.”
Scott Adams
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Jorge Majfud
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La ciudad de la Luna (2009)
“I care not who hoes the lettuce of my country if I can eat the salad!”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"Mr. Icky"
Quoted, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)
Julian (emperor)
(331–363) Roman Emperor, philosopher and writer
"Oration VII": "To the Cynic Heracleios", as quoted in The Works of the Emperor Julian (1923) by Wilmer Cave France Wright, p. 105; also in Hidden Wisdom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (2005) by Gedaliahu A. G. Stroumsa, p. 25
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Francis Escudero
(1969) Filipino politician
Tita Valderama, "The Phenomenon of Chiz Escudero", Newsbreak, 2007 July-September, p. 21.
2007
David Cronenberg
(1943) Canadian film director, screenwriter and actor
David Cronenberg's Body Language http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/magazine/18cronenberg.html?pagewanted=all (September 18, 2005)
“I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad.”
Lalu Prasad Yadav
(1948) Indian politician
Responding to the criticism of his adversaries that he always travelled in a salon. (July 3, 2004 The Times of India).