"For the kids, who in their lives have never known the slightest power, delinquency is a way of looking for power."

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Source : Alma Guillermoprieto (2011). “The Heart That Bleeds: Latin America Now”, p.104, Vintage

Alma Guillermoprieto

#Kids Quotes #Way Quotes #Delinquency Quotes

“Life is all business. Spend your energy to get joy, happiness, evolution, and to gain more ability to enjoy. In this field we spend our energy. We never use our time, energy, speech, or ability to do something that doesn't help us grow and improve our life. It's not worth it.”
“Your readiest desire is your path to joy... even if it destroys you.”
“Sports was my entire life as long as I can remember.”
“I was sad to leave 'Downton,' but I will always remember it fondly, as they did me a lot of favours. I owe them a lot.”
“Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions. As soon as you think you have the answer, you have closed the path and may miss the vital new information. Wait awhile in the stillness, and do not rush to conclusions, no matter how uncomfortable the unknowing.”

Source : Jacqueline Winspear (2003). “Maisie Dobbs”, p.26, Soho Press
“I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.”
“In my experience most mathematicians are intellectually lazy.”
“Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.”

Source : Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. April 15, 2002.

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