"passion of any sort is seldom governed by the rules of etiquette."

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Nayantara Sahgal

#Passion Quotes #Etiquette Quotes

“Under its current form, that is imperialism-controlled, debt is a cleverly managed re-conquest of Africa, aiming at subjugating its growth and development through foreign rules. Thus, each one of us becomes the financial slave, which is to say a true slaveâ€¦”
“Jephthah called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, 'Let me cross over,' the men of Gilead asked him, 'Are you an Ephraimite?' If he replied, 'No,' they said, 'All right, say Shibboleth.' If he said, 'Sibboleth,' because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Fourty-thousand were killed at the time.”
“Even the God of Calvin never judged anyone as harshly as married couples judge each other.”
“If you honestly believe that," said Thorne, stowing the gun again, "then you really don't recognize true value when you see it.”
“Surfing is so unique and it's something that no matter what level you are, you can go and have fun. You can pick and choose the waves that you want to surf, so if it is too big and scary, you can wait until it changes and gets more to your level. Every time you go out it's always different and unique. It's almost like a place you can just de-stress.”
“The concept of time, as itâ€™s commonly understood by normal people with normal jobs and normal ***** lives, doesnâ€™t exist on the road. The nights spread out like the dark, godforsaken highways that distinguish them, and the days run together like Thanksgiving dinner smothered in gravy. You never really know where you are or what time it is, and the outside world starts to fade away. Itâ€™s cool.”
“The brave man uses wrath for his own act, above all in attack, 'for it is peculiar to wrath to pounce upon evil. Thus fortitude and wrath work directly upon each other.”
“Thereâ€™s never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a character or environment.”

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