"Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off."

-- Mary Douglas

#Leader Quotes #Factions Quotes #Tense Quotes

“The things I do for love.”
“Faith-healing is peculiar enough at the best of times, but applying it to football merits a special league of barking. Why would God bother to perform a miracle that enabled Sol Campbell to yell Oh holy Jesus, now I can win the ball in the air. It's been five years since I could defend from corners, brothers and sisters, it's a miracle.”

Source : “Spot the balls” by Mark Steel, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 1999.
“Justice and peace can only thrive together, never apart.”
“GET RID OF MEANING. YOUR MIND IS A NIGHTMARE THAT HAS BEEN EATING YOU: NOW EAT YOUR MIND.”

Source : Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper (2002). “Essential Acker: The Selected Writings of Kathy Acker”, p.265, Grove Press
“The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.”
“Markets are saying pretty much what I'm saying too: that Greece is doing what it can, but that Greece is not going to be able to carry the weight of all of Europe and the other problems that Europe has.”
“When people ask me which is your favourite portrait, they expect it to be Diana, or someone famous. But the answer is my dog, Puffy. They think I mean Puff Daddy. No, it is the dog,”

Source : "Patrick Demarchelier: I Don’t Care — Or Know — Who I Shoot" by Ellie Krupnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 4, 2012.
“I wanted to be good but I wasn't sure if I was prepared”

Source : Leila Aboulela (2015). “Minaret”, p.145, Bloomsbury Publishing

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