"When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator - so decrees."

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Source : Jessica Mitford (1973). “Kind and usual punishment: the prison business”, Not Avail

Jessica Mitford

#Dictator Quotes #Pope Quotes #Crime Quotes

“Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose, Jimmy Carter. They balance their tickets with senior statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (Al Gore was young but played ancient).”
“one should be afraid of life, not of death.”
“Wouldn't. Think. About. Ian.”
“Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.”
“I never designed before. I wasn't formally trained in design, I went to photography school at the ICP. But over time, I taught myself to draw, and I studied different techniques, various hemlines, and then I would take the ideas to a manufacturer and a patternmaker and have them produced into garments.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“In my twisted brain, I truly believe that nobody ever really dies, as long as the people that he or she touched continue to spread their legacy. I miss Eddie Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero was a great man. So right now, I don't want to hear 'CM Punk', you know the name I wanna hear.”
“My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.”
“Life is the inside of a box, and we can't open it.”

Source : "Dark Rooms: A Saga". Book by Siddharth Katragadda, 2002.

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