"Power, like fear, had a taste. But power tasted better."

#Power Quotes #Taste Quotes

“I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy.”
“The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again”

Source : FaceBook post by Maxine Hong Kingston from Jun 30, 2010
“A time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift, is approaching spiritual death.I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube. So I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor.”
“All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.”
“When I got to the hospice I was under the impression it would be a two- or three-week stay. But here I still am, six weeks later, and I've gotten so well Medicare won't pay for me anymore.”
“You won't ever see me being totally sexy on 'Rookie Blue.' It's not right for the character, anyway.”
“A lot of people have fancy things to say about customer service, but it's just a day-in, day-out, ongoing, never-ending, persevering, compassionate kind of activity.”
“No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites it really means it.”

Source : R.K. Narayan (2001). “The Writerly Life: Selected Non-fiction”, p.72, Penguin Books India

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