"Anarchy loves theatre. That's the whole point. People forget that. You have to laugh at the devil, not fight him. They'll always have more guns, they'll always have more bombs that go off with a bigger bang. No matter how revolting you become they'll always be willing to be more revolting to you. They've had so much more practice."

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Source : Melvin Burgess (2010). “Smack”, p.95, Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Melvin Burgess

#Fighting Quotes #Gun Quotes #Practice Quotes

“Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.”
“We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it.”

Source : Shane Claiborne (2006). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical”, p.123, Harper Collins
“Having all those demons makes it interesting, for me. Coming back now and being completely sober is okay, but I do like going back into the messy area. It's an empowering thing to play now, but at the same time, I do like to play the dirty side more. So, we'll see if she slips, or something. Wendy is always on the edge.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I like the way my heart beats, I like the way I think; I don't need or want anything to change that.”

Source : Interview with Lori Berger, www.redbookmag.com. August 13, 2012.
“Everything's been said, but it needs saying again.”

Source : Ernest J. Gaines, John Lowe (1995). “Conversations with Ernest Gaines”, p.251, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.”
“But as a skeptic I am dubious about science as about everything else, unless the scientist is himself a skeptic, and few of them are. The stench of formaldehyde may be as potent as the whiff of incense in stimulating a naturally idolatrous understanding.”
“The human animal is a beast that eventually has to die. If he's got money, he buys and he buys and he buys. The reason he buys everything he can is because of some crazy hope that one of the things he buys will be life everlasting.”

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