"No man is broken because bad things happen to him. Heâ€™s broken because he doesnâ€™t keep going after those things happen."

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Source : Courtney Milan (2011). “Unraveled”, p.108, Courtney Milan

Courtney Milan

#Men Quotes #Broken Quotes #Things Happen Quotes

“That was never on my radar, traffic stopping. It was never important to me.”
“Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact... These young people have jumped the fence and found no cliff. And the disrespect for the possession laws fosters a disrespect for laws and the system in general... On top of this is the distinct impression among the youth that some police may use the marihuana laws to arrest people they don't like for other reasons, whether it be their politics, their hair style or their ethnic background.”
“It's like if you're an astronaut and you've been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?”
“I am not a 'democrat' only because 'humility' and equality are spiritual principles corrupted by the attempt to mechanize and formalize them, with the result that we get not universal smallness and humility, but universal greatness and pride, till some Orc gets hold of a ring of power--and then we get and are getting slavery.”
“The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.”
“The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition.”
“Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.”
“People need to be inspired. They need to hear and believe a story. If you want them to be self-motivated, you need to engage them.”

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