"Revenge is the easiest of emotions to understand and to manipulate."

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Source : David Anthony Durham (2010). “Acacia”, p.72, Random House

David Anthony Durham

#Revenge Quotes #Emotion Quotes #Manipulate Quotes

“Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what else. But if you say you have to get all A's and practice the violin for two hours, then they consider that abusive. That upsets me.”
“Fifteen years ago, God unequivocally and undeniably gave me Isaiah 22:22 as a life-verse. "Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, when he opens no one will shut, when he shuts no one will open." After 40 plus confirmations over a two-week period - yes, more than 40 - I became thoroughly convinced this verse was both a promise and a weapon for me. I have since used the verse hundreds of times throughout America - in all 50 states and in Washington DC - to open and close spiritual doors for the Lord.”
“Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there's music in the air there.”
“I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible”
“Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers
“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”
“The courage of children and beasts is a function of innocence.”
“...I rejoiced in the flaws that made her more real to me”

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