"An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity."

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Source : "De Institutione Oratoria" by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus as reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 244-45., 1922.

Quintilian

#Opportunity Quotes #Evil Quotes #Want Quotes

“This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.”

Source : Senate vote to cut "Guantánamo Bay prisoner rights faces challenge" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2005.
“He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light.”
“It's not about what you're capable of, It's about what you're willing to do.”
“Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day.”
“The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, youâ€™re allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But itâ€™s definitely true for writing.) So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. Iâ€™m not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.”
“I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool.”
“Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes that everybody liked, they left that to the Bee Gees.”
“A fine morning's killing, ay! All their necks wrung - all dead birds! Once they could fly - fly and swim! Fly and swim! All dead now - and sold cheap in the open market!”

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