"In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your life."

-- Matt Taibbi

#Years Quotes #Land Quotes #Terrorist Quotes

“It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.”
“I've always had a passion for rap, and I might not be the greatest rapper, but I'm better than half of them out there.”
“I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.”
“Virtue is health, vice is sickness.”
“Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding the sound of an uttered name; logic protects us against what we say have double meaning.”

Source : Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1988). “Life Lines: Quotations from the Work of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy”, p.25, Argo Books
“Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have lost two rivals after the first round. That's how I think. Idealisitic.”
“I stood beside Van Helsing, and said;- "Ah, well, poor girl, there is peace for her at last. It is the end!" He turned to me, and said with grave solemnity:- "Not so; alas! not so. It is only the beginning!”
“I would say that I am having less sex now that Iâ€™m playing in Serie B â€“ there is more to think about in this division.”

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