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“The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.”
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“Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other.”
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“Like most people, most Westerners anyway, I have a sneaking suspicion I am immortal.”
Source : Mary Cantwell (1995). “Manhattan, When I Was Young”, p.112, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“While I am alive, I intend to live.”
Source : Everett Ruess (1983). “Everett Ruess, a vagabond for beauty”
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“The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty.”
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“Grace is so great an adornment for a rider, and at the same time so important a means to the knowledge of all that which is necessary for persons aspiring to become riders, that such persons should willingly sped the time required to obtain that quality at the outside of their endeavors.”
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“What separates people that create from the people that don't is just one's ability to take action despite the fear, you know? Or to suspend the fear, or more commonly, the voice of judgment within yourself that says, "This isn't good enough. You don't deserve to do this. You're not worthy. Your expression isn't meaningful. You have nothing to contribute, just get back to your 9-to-5 job." It's not so much that I don't have all those same voices, it's more just that for some reason as a kid I was shameless enough that could plow through them for long enough to get something on the table.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.”
Source : "Quotes for the Air Force Logistician" by Air Force Logistics Management Agency, p. 115, 2001.
