"I remember, growing up, if something big - God forbid - happened, the first jokes you heard on the subject came out of Jersey."

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Oscar Nunez

#Growing Up Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Jersey Quotes

“God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.”

Source : "Institutes of Oratory (Volume II)". Book by Quintilian, 95 CE.
“Although I didn't think so at the time, things were a lot simpler in 1969. All you had to do to express yourself was throw rocks at riot police. But with today's sophistication, who's in a position to throw rocks? Who's going to brave what tear gas? C'mon, that's the way it is. Everything is rigged, tied into that massive capital web, and beyond this web there's another web. Nobody's going anywhere. You throw a rock and it'll come right back at you.”
“I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.”
“A good loser is all right, but it isn't so much fun to beat him.”
“All leaders are learners. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. I learn as much as I can, from as many as I can, as often as I can.”
“Christians can not truly evangelize unless they are prepared to be evangelized in the process. In sharing the good news, people are enriched by the spiritual insights, honest questions and depth of devotion demonstrated by those of other faiths. Including others involves listening to them, learning from them. Much of what exists in other faiths may not necessarily be hostile to the kingdom. Christians can learn a lot from other walks of life.”
“You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.”

Source : Mikhail Bulgakov (1967). “The master and Margarita [by] Mikhail Bulgakov”
“There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.”

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