"In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didnt have any fear. I thought, This is easy. This is what Ive been waiting for. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost."

-- George Foreman

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“It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank.”
“Restraint is the better part of beauty.”
“I like you," he said. He made it sound as if she was bound to disagree with him. She nodded. His face said he was telling her something very important. He said, "I mean it. Whatever happens, you have to believe that.”
“Once you are a victim of a bombing, you enter a risk group to which they will not sell insurance.”
“Cops before breakfast.Before coffee even. As if Mondays weren't bad enough.”
“I love Westerns. I really love John Wayne. Frank Capra, any of his movies I love.”
“I am not proposing to replace war with peace. I propose to replace war with a smarter fight. A fight using other instruments, more intelligent instruments to convince people not to use drugs.”
“... he was sunset against the mountains, strong, vibrant, dangerous, and yet somehow sheltering, protective. And married. Picnic, meet rain.”

Source : Devon Monk (2009). “Magic in the Shadows: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.61, Penguin

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