"Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil."

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Source : Solomon Northup (2016). “Twelve Years a Slave”, p.144, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Solomon Northup

#Men Quotes #Evil Quotes #Temptation Quotes

“You can certainly shorten things and tighten things, we tightened up Jon's walk to Mance Rayder's tent. That was something that got tightened up a little bit because I had shot the hell out of that.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The notion of the competitiveness of countries, on the model of the competitiveness of companies, is nonsense.”

Source : Martin Wolf (2004). “Why Globalization Works”, p.268, Yale University Press
“Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or whether it was in a social situation. And with kids, you just can't. The rule is you can't really do that because they dictate and they change so much so you just have to go with the flow more and be present and not have big expectations and be amused all the time.”
“Walks work for me. I enter some arena that is neither conscious or unconscious.”
“I love idyllic places and the kind of suspension of history they offer. But noble beauty is not enough. One must complicate the picture, because there's nowhere to "escape" to on the planet in pursuit of a hermetic pastoralism or a redemptive wilderness sublime.”
“The grass is always greener around the fire hydrant.”
“I've been trying to nail it into everyone's heads that I feel like I am the most versatile rapper.”
“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think theyâ€™re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary as all the people youâ€™re ever been. The one constant in our lives is change.”

Source : "When Do We Become The Final Version of Ourselves?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Rez, www.npr.org. June 19, 2015.

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