"Hold'em - like life itself - has its defining moment. It's the flop. When you see the flop, you're looking at 71 percent of your hand, and the cost is only a single round of betting."

“I realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that.”

Source : "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 24, 2005.

“When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.”

“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.”

“There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either”

“What are we to think of the shortsightedness of the great mass of people who are content to do nothing about it, and even worse, the greed or venality of the rich and powerful who deliberately bar the way to human survival?”

“Never speak ill of yourself, your friends will always say enough on that subject.”

“The smell of coffee cooking was a reason for growing up, because children were never allowed to have it and nothing haunted the nostrils all the way out to the barn as did the aroma of boiling coffee.”

Source : Edna Lewis (2012). “The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.24, Knopf

“To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory.”