"He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts."

-- Ernest Gaines

#Would Be Quotes #Levels Quotes #Beast Quotes

“Sometimes when I talk to little children I remind them of the fact that when I was growing up myself, I used to play with frog eggs and tadpoles and I used to walk in the field, I used to literally copy whatever my mother was doing on the land. And that may be the reason why I eventually developed the passion for green and for the Earth. So it is extremely important for adults and especially those who are in charge of cities to make sure that we do not lose touch with the land and with the environment. And especially our children.”
“At this very moment, I am sufferingâ€”as we say in French, jâ€™ai mal. This event, crucial for me, is nonexistent, even inconceivable for anyone else, for everyone else. Except for God, if that word can have a meaning.”
“I think mortality makes you live a fuller existence. When I was a kid I was scared of death, and maybe that's what made me desperate to get the most out of life.”

Source : "MH Grill: Dolph Lundgren". Interview with Brittany Kennedy, www.menshealth.co.uk. February 19, 2013.
“Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.”
“Those that are little, little things suit.”
“I'm very hard on myself when it comes to writing.”
“We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives and a majority can manipulate law to cruel and unjust ends.”

Source : Sen. Robert C. Byrd (2008). “Letter to a New President: Commonsense Lessons for Our Next Leader”, p.83, Macmillan
“Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike.”

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