"When an argument is over, how many weighty reasons does a man recollect which his heat and violence made him utterly forget?"

-- Eustace Budgell

#Men Quotes #Doe Quotes #Violence Quotes

“Only by establishing military supremacy were the European and North American colonizers able to eliminate the crafts and industries of Third World peoples, control their markets, extort tribute, undermine their cultures, destroy their villages, steal their lands and natural resources, enslave their labor, and accumulate vast wealth.”
“At times I think I actually hate Hollywood. I have many acquaintances there, but few friends...”
“In books I found explicitly, flamboyantly, everything censored in life.”

Source : Lynne Sharon Schwartz (2001). “Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books”, p.44, Beacon Press
“You know you're living right when you wake up, brush your hair - and confetti falls out!”
“Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!”
“As an actress, I think itâ€™s important to look back and realize that we arenâ€™t always quite as original as we think we are. Thereâ€™s this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.”
“Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what, in some measures, was the most lopsided election in American history with 61 percent.”
“I think every intelligent woman should have a career.”

Source : "Fictional character: Nancy Drew". "Nancy Drew: Detective", www.imdb.com. 1938.

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