"Though the contradictions of war seem sudden and simultaneous, history stalks before it strikes. Something tolerated soon becomes something good."

-- Anne Michaels

#War Quotes #Stalking Quotes #Contradiction Quotes

“Every woman whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is exerting a certain amount of power for good or harm. Every woman, by her virtue or her vice, by her folly or her wisdom, by her levity or her dignity, is adding something to our national elevation or degradation. A community is not likely to be overthrown where woman fulfills her mission, for by the power of her noble heart over the hearts of others, she will raise that community from its ruins and restore it again to prosperity and joy.”
“I try to be as realistic as possible.”

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“And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did what I wanted.”
“A buddy will keep you honest and add a dimension of fun to your workout.”
“If you know the way broadly you will see it in everything.”

Source : Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.14, Bottom of the Hill
“Don't worry about things you cannot alter”
“The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.”
“It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.”

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