"Some are born to fail. Others have it thrust upon them."

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Source : "Fictional character: Poe". "Hard Times", www.imdb.com. 1975.

Strother Martin

#Peace Quotes #Failing Quotes #Born Quotes

“I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.”
“The plain truth is that the only consistent theme in advertising is the absence of any consistent theme.”
“Through the window I can see Rooks above the cherry-tree, Sparrows in the violet bed, Bramble-bush and bumble-bee, And old red bracken smoulders still Among boulders on the hill, Far too bright to seem quite dead. But old Death, who can't forget, Waits his time and watches yet, Waits and watches by the door.”
“Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood.”

Source : George Stanley McGovern (1977). “Grassroots: the autobiography of George McGovern”, Random House (NY)
“Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.”
“[On refusing to be silenced:] I do not pretend to be John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees. I do not claim to be Nathan upbraiding David. I aspire only to be Balaam's ass, castigating his master.”
“Because the only thing that punk rock should ever really mean, is not sitting 'round and waiting for the lights to go green”

Source : Song: Try This at Home, Album: Poetry of the Deed, 2009
“I think a woman can have all of the ideas and mental pictures. She can be a real planner and a motivator. But in the end, I think a woman does best when she responds to a man.”

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