"Because of an instability at my own core, it comforts me to live, fixed, within a story. If reading is our consolation for having been allotted only one life, I find that writing oneself into a fictional world is even more comforting."

-- Norman Lock

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“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”
“I just look up to anyone who made music back then because you really had to be a musician. There were no samples or drum machines. Those people back in the day paved the way for people like me.”
“I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs.”
“These teenagers [that drop out of school to take the higher wage jobs] take jobs that would go to unskilled adults, making it harder for those adults to make the transition from welfare to work.”
“When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information?”

Source : Ryan Holiday (2018). “Trust Me I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator”, p.190, Profile Books
“Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“No force, no torture, no intrigue can eradicate Marxism-Leninism from the minds and hearts of men.”

Source : Enver Hoxha (1980). “Eurocommunism is anti-communism”, Natl Pubns Centre
“We are with Angela Merkel both people who proceed methodically, we love details. At summits, we two are among the few heads of state and government who take notes. I have always been someone who wants to explore things down to the last detail so I can understand them. And she is the same, I value that about her. I love the discussions that we have with each other about such things.”

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