"Surprise will be my last emotion, not fear."

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Source : Storm Jameson (2011). “Journey from the North, Volume 2: Autobiography of Storm Jameson”, p.408, A&C Black

Storm Jameson

#Lasts Quotes #Emotion Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“Losers blame their parents; Failures blame their kids.”
“In Japan, usually, once you become prime minister, you do not have a second chance. Probably the reason why that was not the case this time is because Japan is facing an increasingly challenging situation.”

Source : "Interview with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe". www.washingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.
“Empowering women means trusting them.”
“I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions.”
“I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss politics intelligently in a 4-minute song. But I am finding there are ways to get bits and pieces of political thought across without preaching that the people have the power or we shall not be moved. Of course these sentiments have their place too - I'm not knocking Phil Ochs - but that's a different kind of music, songs to play at rallies, not to achieve a state of bliss.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never lost a case. Most lawyers who have never lost a case have not had enough hard cases. But there are very difficult cases out there.”

Source : "First Amendment Attorney Floyd Abrams Talks with CFIF’s Corporate Counsel About Three Decades of Free Speech". "Your Turn - Meeting Nonsense with Common Sense" with Renee Giachino, www.cfif.org. June 15, 2005.
“Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.”

Source : Jeremy Collier (1969). “Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: (1698-1709).”
“I think thatâ€™s a mercy of this island, actually, that it wonâ€™t give us our terrible memories for long, but let us keep the good ones for as long as we want them.”

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