"For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction."

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Source : Janet Frame (1980). “Faces in the water”

Janet Frame

#Freedom Quotes #Men Quotes #Persuasive Quotes

“Successful action tends to become an end in itself.”
“I like the idea that the sacred photo framing process is equally violatible and I think that's partly a carryover from the way I deal with structures to the way I deal with photography.”

Source : Stephen Walker, Gordon Matta-Clark (2009). “Gordon Matta-Clark: Art, Architecture and the Attack on Modernism”, I B Tauris & Company Limited
“But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want to, but the fact is that women really do spend more time with their families. Until I can find a man who can tell me the dates of all of his nieces and nephews birthdays and get presents out to them regularly, I'm going to stay by that statement.”

Source : "CNN Reliable Sources" with Howard Kurtz, www.cnn.com. December 28, 2002.
“No more, no less. I'm an idiot. I really need to let this crush go.”
“Those men who are commended by everybody must be very extraordinary men; or, which is more probable, very inconsiderable men.”
“In a world where so much seems to be hidden by the smoke of falsity and moral degeneration, we Americans must grasp firmly the ideals which have made this country great. We must reaffirm the basic human values that have guided our forefathers. A revival of old-fashioned patriotism and a grateful acknowledgment of what our country has done for us would be good for all our souls.”
“First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon.”
“There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.”

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