"There was no more dangerous kind of madman than one who devoted a good brain and a courageous heart to unhealthy ambitions."

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Michael Moorcock

#Ambition Quotes #Heart Quotes #Brain Quotes

“If men were equal in America, all these Poles and English and Czechs and blacks, then they were equal everywhere, and there was really no such thing as foreigner; there were only free men and slaves.”

Source : Jeff Shaara, Michael Shaara (2012). “The Civil War Trilogy 3-Book Boxset (Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full Measure)”, p.435, Ballantine Books
“Except for their genitals, I don't know what immutable differences exist between men and women. Perhaps there are some other unchangeable differences; probably there are a number of irrelevant differences. But it is clear that until social expectations for men and women are equal, until we provide equal respect for both sexes, answers to this question will simply reflect our prejudices.”
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”

Source : An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations vol. 1, bk. 1, ch. 2 (1776)
“I love being on stage. I'm completely, totally relaxed. It's the only time in my life when I know where I am and what's coming next. The other Robert Powell is probably fairly melancholic. Let's just say happiness isn't my default position. There are dark parts. I'm very good at it. I frighten people sometimes.”
“If you begin feeling beaten, you will achieve nothing. If you fight, you will perhaps have a chance of achieving something.”

Source : "Nazi era French Resistance leader dies" by Tim Lister, www.cnn.com. April 11, 2012.
“I love funky styles. Not preppy or rock, just funky!”
“People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.”

Source : Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.75, Penguin
“I think thats what most of us rappers do too often. We put too much information in some of our albums that could actually be on the next ones.”

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