"Lawyers are like nuclear weapons. By all rights they shouldn't exist, but if some people have them, then you'd better have one, too, just in case."

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Source : John Gierach (1990). “Sex, death, and fly-fishing”, Fireside

John Gierach

#Rights Quotes #People Quotes #Nuclear Quotes

“If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.”
“the movie is not a thing which is taken by the camera; the movie is the reality of the movie moving from reality to the camera.”
“Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.”
“You have to learn the language of Hamlet.”
“Life is strange. You keep moving and keep growing. Before you know it, you look back and think, "What was that?"”
“When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.”
“The very things I used to be told off for - daydreaming, exaggerating, making mistakes, wild guessing, contradicting, spying, being obsessive, being reckless - for these, suddenly, I am being praised.”
“When you're tan, you feel better about yourself”

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