"If we go to the conference finals and people say we had a bad season, I'll take that."

-- Tony Parker

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“I love acting so much, but listening to music and making music has been the greatest savior for me.”
“Any habit may be discontinued by building in its place some other and more desirable habit.”
“Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.”
“At four o'clock in the morning most people have been asleep for hours, but at four o'clock in the morning the night-club children of a few years ago were just getting hot. The band jazzed at full blast. The air was so thick you could pick it up in handfulls and through it around like snowballs. The dance-floors were crowded with couples who couldn't do anything but wiggle hips and feet.”
“He will essentially follow the language of the spectacle, for it is the only one he is familiar with.”

Source : Guy Debord (1998). “Comments on the Society of the Spectacle”, p.31, Verso
“Of all damnable offenses preaching prudence to the young is the most damnable.”
“Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.”
“Teachers were both blamed for everything that went wrong with kids and turned to for their every salvation. This dual role of scapegoat and savior was downright messianic but even Jesus was probably paid better.”

Source : Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.332, Counterpoint Press

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