"Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime."

-- Maximilien Robespierre

#War Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Might Quotes

“I made my first trip west of the Hudson and it was a revelation. The naked musculature of the Rockies was overpowering and my painting responded.”
“I am wearing a size 28 Paige Jeans. Jeans don't lie, and I am just happy!”
“So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don't let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi-tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.”

Source : Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.173, Broadway Books
“And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.”
“Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness. Â Everything has to be filled in, it seems-appointment books, hillsides, vacant lots-but when all the spaces are filled, the LonelinessÂ really begins. Â Then the Groups are joined, the Classes are signed up for, and the Gift-to-Yourself items are bought. Â When the Loneliness starts creeping in the door, the Television Set is turned on to make it go away. Â But it doesn't go away. Â So some of usÂ doÂ instead, and after discarding the emptiness of the Big Congested Mess, we discover the fullness of Nothing.”
“I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to.”
“To be a photographer you must have something to sayÂ about the world.”
“There is a deep connection between Bernoulli's dictum and John Kelly's 1956 publication. It turns out that Kelly's prescription can be restated as this simple rule: When faced with a choice of wagers or investments, choose the one with the highest geometric means of outcomes.”

Source : "Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street". Book by William Poundstone, 2005.

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