"My question is, do you believe in an evil possessed of its own purity? or does every act intend some good?..."

-- Brent Weeks

#Believe Quotes #Evil Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.”
“For most leaders, humility comes only by wounds suffered from foolish falls.”
“We have in our head something called story grammar. We see the world as a series of episodes rather than logical propositions... In our serious society, storytelling is seen as being soft. But people process the world through story.”
“I've just gone through so much in my life that pulling my top up just doesn't seem like that big a deal.”
“Because I have dreams and in those dreams I see the stars”
“Thatâ€™s what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how weâ€™ve changed because of it, and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way is winning.”
“The world has witnessed the rise and fall of monarchy, the rise and fall of dictatorship, the rise and fall of feudalism, the rise and fall of communism, and the rise of democracy; and now we are witnessing the fall of democracy... the theme of the evolution of life continues, sweeping away with it all that does not blossom into perfection.”
“I got a burlap sack, put a brick in the middle, and filled it with rags, corncobs, some Spanish moss, and sand. I hung that sack off the branch of an oak tree. I'd wrap my hands with a necktie of my daddy's and punch at it. My mom gave me an hour a day. My brothers and sisters said, "Nah." I said, "You'll see."”

Source : "Joe Frazier: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 7, 2011.

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