"When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything is yours. You're protected, even if you commit a crime."

-- Josef Skvorecky

#Party Quotes #Mafia Quotes #Loyal Quotes

“Reading isn't the opposite of doing, it's the opposite of dying.”

Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.11, Vintage
“When you look at a work of art, you don't see a cover for something else; you see revelation. If you're an artist, art is the truest expression of yourself. Even if you're painting a life you don't have.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.”

Source : Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.45, Paladin Press
“I tend to want to go quite big in my acting, which you just cannot do in front of a camera. It's taken me a while to learn how to pull it back.”
“How did we lose our culture? Black people used to all do the same thing on Saturdays. We all watched "Soul Train" and "American Bandstand", got our fashion and dance tips, and then we emulated it and bought those records that we heard. Now it seems like there is no culture. The school of fish are all separate. Everybody's just randomized, listening to their own thing in their earbuds, and there's no uniformity. That bothers me.”

Source : Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.
“I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.”
“Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story.”
“I'm only 19 but my mind is older... When things get for real, my warm heart turns cold.”

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