SIDESHOW  QUOTES  III

"People try to put us all into the same bunch, saying 'If you're a 'freak' you're bitter and angry at life.'  Well you can't classify us.  Some enjoy life and love people.  Some are resentful and feel God played them a dirty trick."  -   Jeanie Tomaini in USA Today, 1994

Once, after receiving a show shine, the giant, Cliff Thompson, handed the boy the usual pay and said, "Son, you've just shined the shoes of the world's tallest man."    "You're telling me, mister, "  the boy replied.  "I sure lost money on that project!"

"I liked the circus and circus friends are about the best friends in the world.  But somehow I just like farming somewhat better."   -  giant man Shade Shields of the Texas Shields brothers

" 'Freaks' is not a dirty word.  There is nothing wrong with looking at somebody who is different than you are, and I will defend this to my dying breath."   -   Johnny Meah, the "Czar of Bizarre"

"The most important thing for you to do is to get out and mix with people.  One of the worst things to do is to try to keep yourself hidden."   - Frieda Pushnik, limbless wonder, to Army PFC Robert Smith, 1st quadruple amputee of the Korean War, 1950