"Truly, a command of gall cannot be obeyed like one of sugar. A man must require just and reasonable things; if he would see the scales of obedience properly trimmed. From orders which are improper, springs resistance, which is not easily overcome."

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Source : Giambattista Basile, John Edward Taylor, George Cruikshank (1850). “The Pentamerone, Or the Story of Stories Fun for the Little Ones Translated from the Neapolitan by John Edward Taylor”, p.168

Giambattista Basile

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“When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with God, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Mohammed, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am sitting right next to his tomb, Medina, and paying him respect and admitting to myself that I accept his message.”

Source : "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan". www.red-lines.co.uk. May 1997.
“I can spend your money better than you can.”
“I wish I could do it again, only I wish I could take all of the animals out of the environmental fur farm ... I have absolutely no regrets, and I hope the same thing continues to happen at MSU and every other college campus that does animal research.”
“We all exist in our own personal reality of craziness.”
“The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it. And when they don't come to fruition and nobody sees them, there's a part of you that dies a little bit. It's like, 'Ah! But I worked so hard!' But that's the business.”

Source : "FNL's Adrianne Palicki on learning to be a badass for Red Dawn and Wonder Woman". The A.V. Club Interview, www.avclub.com. November 21, 2012.
“Stir not murky waters if you know not the depth or the creatures that dwell beneath the surface.”
“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.”
“One must overcome history by dogma.”

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