"How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? Who made them God?"

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Source : Ernest J. Gaines (2004). “A Lesson Before Dying: A Novel”, p.159, Vintage

#Men Quotes #People Quotes #Made Quotes

“Amorphous forms [of ice], for example, are found naturally on comets, on asteroids, and the crystalline forms are found on Earth or at least could be made on Earth with enough pressure. Nothing else does this.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I went to law school because I understood what the power of the law is to make a difference in people's lives.”
“Let go of thought, become still and alert, and don't try to understand or explain.”
“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”
“Anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process.”
“People are over 20 times more likely to remember a story than a series of facts and figures. A good story touches our hearts.”
“Why is nostalgia such a bad thing? Nostalgia is a longing to return. If you really loved where you came from, if, in essence, you really loved yourself, how can you not want that to exist? It's like wanting your parents keep living.”
“The duty of every revolutionary is to make revolution”

Source : Ignacio Ramonet, Fidel Castro (2008). “Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography”, p.639, Simon and Schuster

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