"Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed."

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Source : Letter to Harold Preece, c. January or February 1928.

Robert E. Howard

#Civilization Quotes #Skins Quotes #Red Quotes

“Iâ€™m letting God write my love story because once upon a time, I took control of it and it didnâ€™t work well.”
“Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.”
“I'd like somebody to get rid of the death tax. That's what I want. I don't want to get taxed just because I died. I just don't think it's right. If I give something to my kid, I already paid the tax. Why should I have to pay it again because I died?”
“I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.”
“The primary needs can be filled without language. We can eat, sleep, make love, build a house, bear children, without language. But we cannot ask questions. We cannot ask, 'Who am I? Who are you? Why?”
“Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.”

Source : "Robert Zoellick: “Getting Stuff Done” at the World Bank and Beyond" by Mark V. Vlasic, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2012.
“I want to devour you with my eyes, and tell you over and over that you've never been so beautiful.”
“If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers.”

Source : 'Les Guêpes' January 1849

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