"Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth."

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Source : John Jay Chapman, Richard Stone (1998). “Unbought Spirit: A John Jay Chapman Reader”, p.22, University of Illinois Press

John Jay Chapman

#Hate Quotes #Squash Quotes #America Quotes

“I watched all the Saw movies. They were good. But I think Freddie Krueger or Jason might be the best.”
“Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.”
“Joy passed, but happiness never completely disappeared; a touch of it would always remain to remind one it had been there. It was happiness that made one smile, then.”

Source : Anne Holm (1990). “North to Freedom”, Odyssey Classics
“The pitch would normally be low, but my ball starts carrying and stays on a sustained plane. Everyone always complains - 'that ball is low' - but then you go back and look at the tape, and it's right there. My catchers tell me, and the hitters tell me, that the ball stays true flight the last five or six feet.”
“By our little acts of charity practiced in the shade we convert souls far away, we help missionaries, we win for them abundant alms; and by that means build actual dwellings spiritual and material for our Eucharistic Lord.”
“I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there.”
“There have been some ups and downs, but I'm happy that I've stayed fairly consistent.”
“You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try”

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