"I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time."

-- Patrick Ness

#Order Quotes #Dawn Quotes #Excuse Quotes

“Ninja should have the benevolence to protect men of justice since there are lots of good and respectable people in the world.”

Source : Masaaki Hatsumi (1988). “Essence of Ninjutsu”, McGraw-Hill Education
“With my dad passing away, he's always watching me-a big smile on his face, watching every snap on the 50-yard line.”
“Things have really changed here in Hollywood. Used to be people in this town couldn't wait to get an envelope full of white powder.”
“If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.”

Source : Ralph Peters (2001). “Fighting for the Future: Will America Triumph?”, p.13, Stackpole Books
“The public mind [is] a cloudy region where only the simplest shapes are discerned with any accuracy.”

Source : Hugh Kingsmill (1949). “The progress of a biographer”
“But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones of working with paint of clay or words. Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts, or having some kind of important career.”
“I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could throw pretty hard, but he was wild. He didn't have any control.”
“Instruments of a trade are really fascinating to me. Things that enable you to do your job better. Rehabbing houses is really fun to me. I love taking a space and seeing the potential, gutting it, and putting it back together and I love the tools used to do that.”

Source : Source: sojo.net

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