“You've lived in America for twenty years. Eat badly, damn it.”
Source: Faking It
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Fred Phelps (1929–2014) American pastor and activist
2000s, 9/11: God's Wrath Revealed (2006)
Context: Thank God for 9/11. Thank God that, five years ago, the wrath of God was poured out upon this evil nation. America, land of the sodomite damned. We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, for answering the prayers of those that are under the altar.
“Damn chicken. Come eat your dinner. I'm cold.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind
“There's only one rule that I know of, babies — "God damn it, you've got to be kind."”
Kurt Vonnegut book God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
Context: Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies — "God damn it, you've got to be kind."
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) Shah of Iran
As quoted in Marvin Zonis (1991), Majestic Failure: The Fall of the Shah, page 65
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“Life is too short to be lived badly.”
Marjane Satrapi (1969) Artist
Source: Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
“For thousands of years, poetry was taught badly, and consequently it was immensely popular”
Dana Gioia (1950) American writer
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Essays, Can Poetry Matter? (1991), Poetry as Enchantment (2015)