"I was needed, but I myself did not need. I had followers, but not allies, and only now do I understand the difference. And it is vast."

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Steven Erikson

#Differences Quotes #Followers Quotes #Allies Quotes

“The concept that one ought to restrict one's political involvement to one's own state was deeply antithetical to those who were pursuing the accumulation of capital for its own sake.”
“When I was in Vietnam I learned a lot about the promises that soldiers make to each other. The Marines have a promise to never leave behind their dead. In this country, as citizen soldiers, we need to make the commitment to each other that we will never leave our veterans behind.”
“I'm caught up in the system where the blind lead the blind And this artist only speaks on the Signs of the Time. And I pop pills in Purple Rain to state my pain, They say I'm just like my father, bold and too cold.”
“My father had wanted to be a commercial artist. He got as far as being a photographer in the army in World War II, but he was always a Sunday painter. At a certain point, he gave me his oil paints and I messed around with them, having no idea what I was doing.”
“The arrow always tipped with ill nature and sarcasm is deadliest to him who sends it.”

Source : Prentice Mulford (2016). “Thoughts are Things”, p.26, Prentice Mulford
“Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.”
“Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution of 1688; nor on property, as was the assertion of Harrington. It springs from the necessities of our nature, and has an everlasting foundation in the unchangeable will of God.”
“Every time I look at it, It looks back at me I love the sea, its waters are blue And the sky is too And the sea is very dear to me If when I grow up and the sea is still there Then Iâ€™ll open my eyes and smell the fresh air Because the sea is very dear to me The sea is very calm and thatâ€™s why I like it there The sand is brand new and the wind blows in my hair And the sea is very dear to me.”

Source : Esther Earl, Lori Earl, Wayne Earl (2014). “This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl”, p.38, Penguin UK

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