"For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed."

-- Leo Rosten

#Martyr Quotes #Martyrdom Quotes

“It's only pain, it will not hurt you.”
“We are being governed by the dregs of the nation - and their brutality is so capricious that no one can feel certain that he will be safe tomorrow.”

Source : Iris Origo (2011). “War in Val D'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944”, p.101, Allison & Busby
“People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.”
“What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin.”
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula”
“I think the fans are going to expect a lot from me, as they should.”
“Tabloids invoke freedom of speech, but they're not interested in that, they're just interested in who's shagging whom, who's got drunk. And if you take that pretend, faux moral standpoint, you end up with people in public life being completely boring. Like they've had their genitals removed.”

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