“Grown-ups are quirky creatures, full of quirks and secrets.”
Roald Dahl book Danny, the Champion of the World
Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
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“The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.”
Ava Gardner (1922–1990) American actress
“Tell my friends to get me out of here.”
Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006) Former dictator of the republic of Chile
October 27, 1998, nine days after being arrested in London, quoted in Heraldo Muñoz (2008) The Dictator's Shadow
1990s
“Reality is frequently inaccurate.”
Douglas Adams book The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Source: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“I'm not anti-social. I'm just not social.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
“Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician.”
Pierre Bourdieu book The Logic of Practice
(1990), The Logic of Practice. p. 86
“There is no point to be alive if you can't do deadlift.”
Jón Páll Sigmarsson (1960–1993) Icelandic strongman
As quoted in Dhani Jones, Jonathan Grotenstein, The Sportsman (2011), p. 169
Jones & Grotenstein comment that this quote refers to Sigmarsson's "ability to lift enormous weights off the ground. Jón Páll was only 32 when he died of a heart attack brought on by - you guessed it - a deadlift."