"...and for that they were rich,/And robbed the poor; and for that they were strong,/And scourged the weak; and for that they made laws/Which turned the sweat of labor's brow to blood! - /For these their sins the nations cast them out."

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Source : Sir Henry Taylor (1835). “Philip van Artevelde: a dramatic romance, in two parts”, p.36

Henry Taylor

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“I'm telling you, the gorgeous of the world can actually look pretty intimidating when they scowl. Imagine a snow-white swan with a scary tattoo holding a chain saw. There's just no way to really prepare for that.”

Source : Jim Benton (2013). “Dear Dumb Diary #11: Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers”, p.53, Scholastic
“Adolescence hits boys harder than it does girls. Girls bleed a little and their breasts pop out, big deal, but adolescence lands on a guy with both feet. . . . Your body is engulfed by chemicals of rage and despair, you pound, you shriek, you batter your head against the trees. You come away wounded, feeling that life is unknowable, can never be understood, only endured and sometimes cheated.”
“Love is the only passion which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.”
“Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.”

Source : In New York Times 13 Feb. 1959, p. 21
“In both word and deed, one of the greatest idlers of all time was John Lennon. In his songs we see repeated defences of simply lying around doing nothing.”

Source : "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2006.
“To get out of desperate situation can only be done by education and by openness for Indonesians. Everybody who can, should be participating in this 'project'. Not only professional educators and teachers , but especially artists, creative people, thinkers. There should be many more initiatives, particularly more from the independent press! What happened to progressive independent publications in Indonesia? Nothing - they never took off! It is a shame.”
“Life is a lively process of becoming.”
“It's a band singing on how metal should be played, the effect it has on the band and its listeners.”

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