"Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change."

-- Leo Tolstoy

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“What you learn from bad habits and in bad society, you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you. I tell you in all sincerity, not as in the excitement of speech, but as I would confess and have confessed before God, I would give my right hand if I could forget that which I have learned in bad society.”
“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”

Source : "The Way You Wear Your Hat". Book by Bill Zehme, 1997.
“One of my realizations in such an earthy atmosphere was that many of the burning theological issues in the church were neither burning nor theological.”
“Ah. Yeah, that would be better. Have you ever driven a bus?" Caine shook his head. "No, I have not." "Strangely enough," Sam said, remembering the long ago moment of terror and competence that had earned him the nicknames School Bus Sam, "I have.”
“A prime number is one (which is) measured by a unit alone.”

Source : "Euclid's Elements, Book 7, Definition 11". Book by Euclid,
“If you don't co-operate you're gonna suffer from fistophobia.”
“With cancer, there's always that doubt-that unknown. The only thing you can do is be positive.”
“When you have an attorney giving you advice, it would be nice to know what their financial relationship is to the advice.”

Source : "A Talk With Lowell Bergman". FRONTLINE Interview, www.pbs.org. 1999.

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