"The journey itself is my home."

-- Matsuo Basho

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“An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.”
“Las Vegas is a city of kickbacks. A desert city of greased palms. A place where a $20 bill can buy approval, a $100 bill adulation and $1,000 canonization.”

Source : Nicholas Pileggi (2016). “Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas”, p.47, Open Road Media
“Our most conservative estimates show that by adopting shall-issue laws(concealed carry laws), states reduced murders by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%... While support for strict gun-control laws usually has been strongest in large cities, where crime rates are highest, that's precisely where right-to-carry laws have produced the largest drops in violent crimes.”
“Better to die standing, than to live on your knees.”
“I think my fans respect me for bein' as truthful and honest as you can be and still be Rap music and not be opinion music. It's still Rap, its still style, flavor, flair, and people just kind of like how I present myself and the things that I do.”
“I thanked the President [George W. Bush] for the steadfastness and resolve with which he's tackling the very complicated problems in the Middle East and Iraq, as well as the Israel-Palestinian issue....It's critical for us in Southeast Asia that America does that.... because it affects America's standing in Asia and the world, and also the security environment in Asia because extremists, the jihadists, watch carefully what's happening in the Middle East and take heart, or lose heart, depending on what's happening.”

Source : "Farewell To All That: An Oral History Of The Bush White House" by Cullen Murphy and Todd S. Purdum, www.vanityfair.com. February 2009.
“The wailing owl screams solitary to the mournful moon.”

Source : David Mallet (1759). “Miscellaneous poems”, p.79
“You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, and demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others.”

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