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Quote by Mario Puzo

“I find the only thing that really stands up, better than gambling, better than booze, better than women, is reading.”

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Mario Puzo was an American author known for his crime novels and family sagas. His 'The Godfather' series is one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, profoundly influencing popular culture. more

“If a human being dreams a great dream, dares to love somebody; if a human being dares to be Martin King, or Mahatma Gandhi, or Mother Theresa, or Malcolm X; if a human being dares to be bigger than the condition into which she or he was born-it means so can you. And so you can try to stretch, stretch, stretch yourself so you can internalize, 'Homo sum, humani nil a me alienum puto. I am a human being, nothing human can be alien to me.' That's one thing I'm learning.”

Ifs Trying Humans Mean Dream Mother Born Human Beings One Thing Conditions Kings Bigger Dare Aliens Thoughtful Loving Life Thoughts On Life Theresa Mother Theresa

Author:Maya Angelou

“It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies and to intervene on behalf of the most desperate. The AIDS orphans in Uganda, the refugee fleeing Zimbabwe, the young woman who has been trafficked into the sex trade in Southeast Asia. It has been hard, yet this assistance together with the compassionate work of private charities, people of conscience and people of faith, has shown the soul of our country.”

“I'm sure that we can handle this situation maturely, just like the responsible adults that we are. Isn't that right, Mr... Poopy Pants?”

Situation Adults Responsible Aging Handle Pants

Author:Leslie Nielsen

“There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it, fresh life and strength surging in his blood and bracing his limbs.”

Faces Felt Blood Sea Wind Ocean Heavy Salt Wet Limbs

Book:Sir Nigel and the White Company

Source: Sir Nigel and the White Company

“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."”

Knows Years Kind Earth Baby Cold Summer Hundred Hot Rounds Winter Welcome Damn Be Kind Wet Hello Crowded God Bless Hipster God Bless You

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“London's Windmill Theater grew famous for its nude tableaux. During the 1940 and 1950, this theater overcame the objections of censors by agreeing that none of its naked actors would move any part of his/her body.”

Body Moving Actors Grew Theater London Naked Censorship Objections Windmills

Author:Lynda Bellingham

“The undressed is vulgar; the nude is pure, and the well-dressed tainted.”

Wells Fashion Pure Clothes Vulgar Tainted Well Dressed Vulgarity Is

Author:Robert Green Ingersoll

“I'm not a sexual person, really. I don't really care about sex.”

Persons Care Funny Sex Dumb

Author:Paris Hilton

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