"The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years."

-- Bobby Scott

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“There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of.”

Source : Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax (1848). “The Works of ... Joseph Butler ... to which is Prefixed: Sermons. Correspondence between Dr. Butler and Dr. Clarke”, p.21
“Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Most people went to dance shows, but it was basically a table and a DJ playing and not really a spectacular thing. I brought the whole production with the effects - the best sound, the best lighting to blow the fans away.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If you hold a bird too tightly, you'll crush its wings”
“I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a lot more seriously - especially the Ten Commandments - and wondering how 'Thou shalt not kill' could be so absolutely ignored. It took me until I was in my 40s to write what I was thinking as a young soldier.”
“Once you have learned to trust your own voice and allowed that creative force inside you to come out, you can direct it to write short stories, novels, and poetry, do revisions, and so on. You have the basic tool to fulfill your writing dreams. But beware. This type of writing will uncover other dreams you have, too-going to Tibet, being the first woman president of the United States, building a solar studio in New Mexico-and they will be in black and white. It will be harder to avoid them.”
“I don't intend to be insensitive to the victims and their families but, at the same time, as an actor, it's our job, and we are obligated to portray the characters in the most realistic way possible.”
“He loves deep... hates hard, ever'thing's that killed what he loves. All great warriors are sich men.”

Source : Forrest Carter (1989). “Josey Wales: Two Westerns”, p.125, UNM Press

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