"History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians."

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Dan Simmons

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“Oh absolutely. Look they hate all conservatives but they have a special kind of loathing forÂ women conservatives.”
“And y'all scared I can tell That I'mma get Bucks like Milwaukee, cause like Sam, I ca' sell.”

Source : "Song: Put Your Hands Up (Album: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye)". 2001.
“The opposite of addiction is human connection. And I think that has massive implications for the war on drugs. The treatment of drug addicts almost everywhere in the world is much closer to Tent City than it is to anything in Portugal. Our laws are built around the belief that drug addicts need to be punished to stop them. But if pain and trauma and isolation cause addiction, then inflicting more pain and trauma and isolation is not going to solve that addiction. Itâ€™s actually going to deepen it.”

Source : "Johann Hari: 'I failed badly. When you harm people, you should shut up, go away and reflect on what happened'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2015.
“Keeping the head still is golf's one universal, unarguable fundamental.”
“It is the sea that whitens the roof. The sea drifts through the winter air. It is the sea that the north wind makes. The sea is in the falling snow.”
“The military doesn't teach rifle marksmanship. It teaches equipment familiarity. Despite what the officer corps thinks, learning to shoot a rifle is not like learning to drive a car. Instead, it is like learning to play the violin.... The equipment familiarity learning curve comes up quick, but then the rifle marksmanship continuation of the curve rises very slowly....by shooting one careful shot at a time, carefully inspecting the result (and the cause).”
“In search of my Love I will go over mountains and strands; I will gather no flowers, I will fear no wild beasts; And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.”
“Because I hate fake people and I always think I'm never fake.”

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