"Experience has taught that politics is a game played by conmen and hypocrites."

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Source : Michela Wrong (2000). “In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo”, Fourth Estate

Michela Wrong

#Hypocrite Quotes #Games Quotes #Taught Quotes

“The method of doubt must be applied to civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.”
“I don't give players a chance to hit me.”
“All I want to do is hit someone in the mouth. It's a whole lot easier than working for a living. Don't make anything noble out of what I do”
“I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.”
“The girl in me wanted to slap Lung across his face and yell, "Get your eyes off my sticky buns, ya creep!”
“I prithee send me back my heart, Since I cannot have thine; For if from yours you will not part, Why, then, shouldst thou have mine?”

Source : Sir John Suckling, Alfred Inigo Suckling, William Carew Hazlitt (1874). “The Poems, Plays and Other Remains of Sir John Suckling”, p.65
“Demons frighten us because we set ourselves up to be frightened. We are overly attached to our reputations and possessions. When we love and desire what we should be rejecting, we are in conflict with our true selves. That's when the negative energies catch us and use our weapons against us. Instead of taking up what we have to defend ourselves, we put our swords in the hands of our enemies and make them attack us.”
“You're too young to decide to live forever.”

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