"No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a man's spirit until he breaks it himself by surrendering. Tyranny has many dread powers, but not the power to rule the spirit."

-- Edgar S. Brightman

#Fear Quotes #War Quotes #Men Quotes

“I always say, the only time you gotta worry about getting booed is when you're wearing a white uniform. And I've never been booed wearing a white uniform.”
“I hate restaurants that play music. You come out for a quiet meal, and you're supposed to put up with all this booming. Why? It's madness!”
“I've repeated it 100 times and I'm going to look you in the eye, tonight, Mr. Couillard: there will be no referendum as long as Quebecers aren't ready.”
“Song ideas have come to me in the middle of interviews, in the shower, or while I'm writing another song.”
“For our part, the U.S. must act quickly to ensure Most Favored Nation status to China.”
“Don't aim for perfect. Aim for complete. Perfection is an unattainable illusion.”

Source : Lisa Genova (2013). “Love Anthony”, p.237, Simon and Schuster
“In the long term, to defeat this ideology [terrorism] - and they [terrorists] are bound by an ideology - you defeat it with a more hopeful ideology called freedom.”
“Dad's Theory of Arrogance--that everyone always assumes they're the Principal Character of Desire and/or Loathing in everybody else's Broadway Play.”

Source : Marisha Pessl (2006). “Special Topics in Calamity Physics”, p.197, Penguin

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