"I know people my age (early 40s) who insist upon only writing. You know what we call them? Ex-journalists."

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Jeff Pearlman

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Age Quotes

“Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military.”
“There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the vague stirrings of decency that go with individual judgment.”
“The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make an inquiry into the matter, and apprehend such as they might deem obnoxious persons.”

Source : John Foxe, William Byron Forbush (2004). “Foxe's Book of Martyrs”, p.128, Hendrickson Publishers
“Comedy is lively, comedy is joy, and that's what keeps us [people] going, we've got to look forward to little, little happiness's. Little, little joys, and comedy is very, very important, it's a vital. We underestimate its value, but we should see more comedies. Comedy is life giving, it's invigorating. I really believe it.”
“I'm increasingly less interested in classic storylines and that arc that we have come to expect.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“People will stare. Make it worth their while.”
“Trust to God to weave your thread into the great web, though the pattern shows it not yet.”
“If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 15, 2010.

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